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Re:The Essex Boys: how nine traders hit a gusher with negati... by fredguth on Sunday December 20, 2020 @05:56AM (#25485383)
The comparison with USSR is naive. The question is not capitalism vs communism. Is the kind of capitalism we have.

We have one where when the banks and people make bad decisions and get bankrupted with valueless contracts, the government save the banks, and the corporations and let common people go bankrupt.

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Re:The Essex Boys: how nine traders hit a gusher with negati... by bostik on Sunday December 20, 2020 @07:32AM (#25485825)
Sometimes aptly called Socialist Capitalism.
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