• femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    It generates value for them and the shareholders in the short term. Unfortunately that always means we get screwed.

    • Che Banana@beehaw.org
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      The economy is based on the volume/speed of transactions, this is still propping up the economy…until it doesn’t.

      and then, whoopsie, all the guys who shorted the economy gain (again) and the shit hits the fan all the 1% buy up the collateral damage, and you get cold ramen in your car, which is now your home.