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If I go with your figure of 64,000 * 5,000,000, it's not the tech-apocalypse. It's not like that money is going straight into a crack pipe. People with a lot o
by LordKano 12y ago
If I go with your figure of 64,000 * 5,000,000, it's not the tech-apocalypse. It's not like that money is going straight into a crack pipe.
People with a lot of technical know-how would suddenly be set loose in a cash rich environment full of new millionaires who are looking to build their own empires.
That scenario could very well be a second dotcom boom.
More to the point, when one of the little people gets caught breaking the law, we don't question the consequences their punishment will have on any industry. These companies not only broke the law but were terrible corporate citizens.
Anything that doesn't hurt a lot will not be an appropriate punishment, it'll just be considered the cost of doing business.
- alexqgb 12y agoThe effect of this scenario on the high end real estate market in the Bay Area would horrifying / amazing depending on whether or not you were already holding property. Also, Tesla sales would go sub-orbital.