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"So yes - we were being held hostage." Wait, so you're saying that at any time the bankers could have flipped a switch and magically the economy turns back on
by EliRivers 14y ago
"So yes - we were being held hostage."
Wait, so you're saying that at any time the bankers could have flipped a switch and magically the economy turns back on in a matter of seconds?
So no, we were not being held hostage.
- arethuza 14y agoSo extortion rather than holding hostages then... "Nice economy you have there, shame if something were to happen to it".
- EliRivers 14y agoIs that what the bankers said? Is there some collective banker mafia who chose to destroy the economy because we didn't hand over protection money when they came calling? No. They were greedy and incompetent and we let them do it. No holding hostage. No extortion. No protection rackets. Greed and incompetence and lack of oversight and deregulation.
- arethuza 14y agoAccording to Alistair Darling the did act rather like that after the government had said it was going to bail them out. I know they weren't literally gangsters - and as you say, we let them do it.