• bunbun
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    5 months ago

    One of the most destructive lies that was sold to the American public was that the stock market = economy. Line goes up means good. Even when you’re homeless, hungry, and sick.

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    Ok, so fucking what? China could have no stock market whatsoever and still have a more productive and valuable economy than the US.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      Right, I think this highlights how insane US economy is more than anything. The fact that stock market plays such a central role shows that the whole thing is a house of cards.

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    5 months ago

    Stock markets are to economics what bouncy castles are to architecture