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Re:Why is the stock market rallying when the economy is so bad? by eanzenberg on Sunday May 10, 2020 @10:50PM (#23138449)
First, the military did eventually do quite well vs. isis, once proper resources were directed.

Second, look at history to tell you what will happen if the rich get disappeared. This happened in many communist nations. Doctors, lawyers, professors, bankers, wealthy landowners were mostly murdered and their wealth stolen from them. Did it work well for those nations? Are they thriving today?

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Re:Why is the stock market rallying when the economy is so bad? by tsimionescu on Monday May 11, 2020 @12:32AM (#23138939)
France did quite well after killing the aristocracy. Most 'communist' nations on the other hand did a lot more than kill the rich and take their wealth. Compared to the vast economic, social and political changes that happened in Soviet Russia or China etc., it seems that the part about what happened to the rich is unlikely to be very consequential in its impact.
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Re:Why is the stock market rallying when the economy is so bad? by TomMarius on Monday May 11, 2020 @12:38AM (#23138964)
Huh? How can you just write off the unrealized potential like this?
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