"The horrors of rich people not getting bailed out"

  • SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]
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    8 months ago

    The capitalist West: "The free market allows businesses to fail, government intervention bad"

    Also the neoliberals: "China not bailing out real estate corporations is evil 1984 commie totalitarianism"

    A very serious ideology.

    • Tunnelvision [they/them]
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      8 months ago

      Yeah I feel like even as propagandized Americans are everyone pretty much knows bailing out everyone in 08 was a massive mistake and we should never do it again.

      • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
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        8 months ago

        We literally did it again in 2020, idk what you are talking about about. What do you think 'quantitative easing' is?

        • Adkml [he/him]
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          8 months ago

          If there was any hope for this country burning down businesses that got PPP loans forgiven would have been a nationwide meme.

      • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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        8 months ago

        I saw Jamie Dimon's name in a headline the other day that wasn't about a jail sentence or an obituary. It's incredible his name still has purchase in the world of economics.

      • Adkml [he/him]
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        8 months ago

        "But they paid back those loans with interest" - my mother

        Yea turns out when instead of punishing a company for taking everybody's money you give them a couple billion dollars of free money they can figure out how to make the 1.25% interest payments none of us would ever get.