• @SupraMario@lemmy.world
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    12 months ago

    Yup, this meme keeps getting reposted over and over like its something super intelligent…when in reality it’s someone who has no clue how our economy works at all.

    • @jj4211@lemmy.world
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      12 months ago

      Well, as presented it’s not totally out of reason, it sticks to a fairly modest percentage.

      The real problem comes in when the pitchforks say ‘2%!!!, it should be like 90%!!!’

      • @SupraMario@lemmy.world
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        12 months ago

        Yep that’s the issue. People don’t realize that they have to sell stocks which in turn is going to have a completely destructive action on people’s retirements, when the stock market goes tits up from stocks being sold in mass quantities to cover a 90%