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Re:The Real Cost of the 2008 Financial Crisis by tonyedgecombe on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @06:17AM (#17958418)
The trouble with revolutions is you end up with a new set of leaders, who may well be worse than what you have now.
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Re:The Real Cost of the 2008 Financial Crisis by teekert on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @06:55AM (#17958561)
It served the US quite well the last time they did it around 1776.
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Re:The Real Cost of the 2008 Financial Crisis by droidist2 on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @07:24AM (#17958692)
We got pretty lucky though, George Washington and others were exceptional people.
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Re:The Real Cost of the 2008 Financial Crisis by umanwizard on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @12:01PM (#17960931)
How so? What evidence do you have that the US is better off than it would have been by continuing along the lines of e.g. Canada?
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Re:The Real Cost of the 2008 Financial Crisis by Lazeb on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @06:43AM (#17958516)
If your life is poor, you don't have much left to lose
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Re:The Real Cost of the 2008 Financial Crisis by gassius on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @07:12AM (#17958641)
Venezuela disagree with you, wholeheartedly

You can (especially in US) lose a looooot more.

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Re:The Real Cost of the 2008 Financial Crisis by Lazeb on Thursday September 13, 2018 @09:00AM (#17978237)
And most African nations would disagree with Venezuela. But many governments have been overthrow for much less or in cases where a government is so authoritarian that a coup is very difficult. Not saying America is in that situation, but something has got to give, especially when you look at how far wealthier certain people are living in your country.
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