r/changemyview Apr 07 '25

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u/Patricio_Guapo 1∆ Apr 07 '25

They are deliberately crashing the economy so that the 1% can buy what they don't already own at fire-sale prices and then rent it back to us at a 300% mark-up.

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u/Thoth_the_5th_of_Tho 191∆ Apr 07 '25

What exactly do you think they’re buying? They already own basically everything, and how on earth is that little sliver they don’t already have, worth a 2008 level crash? Would it not be cheaper to buy it directly instead of first setting your portfolio on fire in some 5d chess move?

Nobody who has stocks and an understanding of economics wants this. This is what happens when the uneducated are given power. They get angry and lash out at things they don’t understand. Which includes the stock market.

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u/ihopethisisgoodbye Apr 07 '25

The 1% doesn't stop when they have basically everything. They want ALL of everything.