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? I'm not smirking at other people's misfortune, just at the idiocy of an economic system engineered to shackle the people that have to live their lives under i
by roel_v 13y ago
? I'm not smirking at other people's misfortune, just at the idiocy of an economic system engineered to shackle the people that have to live their lives under it to workarounds like this ('this' = use assets that could otherwise be used economically productive as stores of wealth), and at the arrogance of claiming a centrally-led economy can provide both prosperity and freedom - two things I find axiomatically fundamental human rights.
- throwawayaway 13y agoThe idiocy economic system being discussed, if it transpires as you predict, is going to lead to some people literally losing their shirt. They stood to gain and stood to lose, every time this happens many involved felt like they had no option but to play the game, it's not arrogance in doing so. It's like smirking at the gambling industry, except with very respectable and influential people pushing it.