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[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Is there even a question? I'd even say the 2008 crash was a structural deep event to millions who were made homeless. We've already hit that and then some. The remaining fallout will be even worse - and in slow motion, not unlike the post 9/11 slow roll out of WW3. I'd also consider the NDAA 2013 the structural deep event that started all the "lone wolf" events and fake news hyper-normalization - priming the masses for 2020.

[–]venisonmerlot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'd even say the 2008 crash was a structural deep event

So the super-rich orchestrated a stock market crash that wiped out half of their accumulated wealth in an effort to bankrupt the working stiffs who's backs said fortunes are made off of.

Economics really isn't your strong suit, is it?

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

You think the super-rich give a shit about the stiffs?

If I lose half of my shit and you lose all of yours, when the markets are at the bottom I can still buy into them and you won't be able to. In no time I'll have far more concentrated wealth than I had before it all happened. That's how the markets pump the masses. It's elementary and repeats consistently throughout history - every 4-7 years. Now that the Presidential Plunge Protection Team (a real thing) was invented they've rigged the markets and spread out the crashes and made them faaaaaar deeper.

Obviously you have no clue.

This time, in January all records were broken, mysteriously, as more mega CEOs "retired" from their positions than ever before in history. From Disney to Microsoft - all of those CEOs left their jobs and kept their money. During and after the crash all CEOs who might have wanted to sell their stocks would be legally forbidden to do so. Those 200+ mega CEOs got away with an epic insider-pre-event scam, with their wealth intact. And now with markets low they will buy up and consolidate even more power.

Look it up.

[–]venisonmerlot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You think the super-rich give a shit about the stiffs?

No I don't. That's the point. There is no "one-government" conspiracy by some tyrannical group (e.g. Freemasons, Illuminati, David Icke's space lizards, etc.). The reason why is because they already have us chasing "the American Dream" and making untold billions in the process.

To quote Chuck Palahniuk:

God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need.

The same logic applies when we question why our elected officials are so lousy. Your country voted an (alleged) billionaire into office who is regarded by many to be a living embodiment of wanton ignorance. My country voted in a part-time drama teacher who was woefully unprepared for the job. However, these outcomes are not surprising when you look at how much these positions are paid. The POTUS makes $400,000 a year, and the Prime Minister of Canada makes $357,000. So ask yourself, why would a Top 10 Fortune 500 CEO with a solid history of beating the markets want to trade in a gig where he is pulling seven figures a year to put up with all the headaches of running a country for a measly $400,000? Now apply that same context to trying to subjugate the entire world to tyrannical control, and the One World Government conspiracy nonsense falls apart in short order.

The rich will continue to get rich because we make them that way. Additionally, a population who is preoccupied "chasing cars and clothes" is a fucking lot easier to control than one that has been displaced with nothing but time on their hands.