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Contagion is spreading now. It’s interesting that we’re calling it “contagion” isn’t it? I think the real problems are deeper, like cancer, and it’s systematic. This isn’t just a light cough with some sniffles. We’re talking a body riddled with pus-filled tumors.



> Contagion is spreading

Not to Credit Suisse. They had their run in November [1]. That they remain stable after this disclosure is evidence against contagion, not for it.

[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/credit-suisse-warns-of-1-6-bill...


Impossible, despite collapsing every 7-10 years against every imaginable mitigation, this the best system we've got.


Ok. How is what you are saying falsifiable? What do you even mean that "contagion is spreading"? What is the specific claim or prediction that is being made?


Except this was a disease spread deliberately in order to make more money


That’s the normal state of things in Wall Street. Do whatever you can to make money, greed is good etc. They’re not fools though, it only works if there’s some truth in it.


Not to defend Wall Street, but people act like “greed is good” only applies to them.

You would have to be blind to not see every industry and person, from execs to engineers, seeing greed is good. I mean, weren’t 400k+ google engineers unionizing? Are the start-up craze of the past 10 years and crypto craze in 2020 just a bunching of people trying to get rich quick?


I wouldn't call 400k google engineers unionizing "greedy". I'd call it a response to greed.


Maybe that is the disease? greed, sociopathy... money worship




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