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the debt (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Do not forget that you are also the very entity that hands out the currency you hold your debt in.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

It’s like Dwight printing IOUs for Schrutebucks

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Wait till you learn about how the stock market works. Everyone with a share actually just holds an IOU in the DTCC.

It’s all built on bullshit

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago

I remember users on another platform went into full rage mode when I said the stock market was just legalized gambling, telling me how SAFE!!! IT IS IF YOU DO YOUR RESEARCH!!!>

Okay. Black Friday and Too Big to Fail only happened in my dreams.