lmao

  • LeninsRage [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    NONE OF THESE FUCKING TECH START UPS MAKE ANY FUCKING PROFIT WE DON'T HAVE AN ECONOMY WE HAVE A GIGANTIC CONTINENT-SIZED PONZI SCHEME

    IT'S DRIVING ME FUCKING INSANE, IT'S LIKE THE BROWNFIELD GUYS FROM THE BIG SHORT WHEN THEY SEE THE VALUE OF SECURITIES KEEP GOING UP DESPITE RECORD FORECLOSURES AND REALIZE THE CORRUPTION IS JUST THAT SYSTEMIC AND ALL-ENCOMPASSING THAT THE BANKERS AND METAPHORICALLY DEFY THE LAWS OF PHYSICS

    • DeepFuckingValue [comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      The best part about The Big Short is that they see the whole system working as intended and walk away from it like:

      :this-is-fine:

       "This can be reformed."
      

      and by "best part" I mean "pure agony".

      • LeninsRage [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I mean not really? It ends on an incredibly bleak note where the banks got bailed out with no strings attached, one small-timer was prosecuted for fraud, every institution at every level of the economy abetted the fraud, and the big short-sellers who are our protagonists can't even take the moral high ground because they massively profited by betting against the health of the American economy which had real consequences for working people when it imploded. Kind of the whole point of the film is that the economic system is irredeemably corrupt and even trying to take advantage of their mistakes is intrinsically unethical.