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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:14 AM Original message |
Who Benefits from a possible Global Depression? |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. Doesnt benefit anyone. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Wrong. It benefits the ones who have enough left over |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yes, thats true but they also lose at the same time. |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. If the .0001% lose .5% of their paper wealth but buy up our and our children's future for 1Cent on |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. "suffering" is not in the cards, of course. |
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ZenaD (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. The Koch bros are some sick sadistic fucks |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. you're both right; it's a question of when and how much. |
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ZenaD (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Apparently a lot of rich people feel they'll enjoy their wealth more if the masses are in squalor |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Wrong. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. The very wealthy of course. nt |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
5. Well... If History Is A Guide... Initially... It Helps The Fascists... |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. well, who did it favor in the last great depression? |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. The answer is obvious |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. But, ThomWV, let's say that you start with 100 marbles |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. it is how war lords, tin-pot dictators and criminal bosses gain power |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
7. Only short sellers benefit. Everyone else gets hit. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
8. Capitalism's Invisible Army |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
9. Slave-owners-to-be. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
12. No one, actually, |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I think you've got half of it |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
14. I am afraid you dont see the real picture (like I do. How's that for audacity?). |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Oh, I think you misunderstood me... I am not expecting anything from the top 1% |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. Everybody thanks for the comments... so the answer needs to be: |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
23. Those at the top. There are great bargains to be found when economies crash, |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
25. The capitalists who survive it. |
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