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Re:It Feels Like the Game Is Rigged by shrimpx on Monday February 01, 2021 @12:51AM (#25985958)
Isn't the book example broken, because only one person can have the book? In shorting, it sounds like you can sell the same share to 2 different people.
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Re:It Feels Like the Game Is Rigged by Clewza313 on Monday February 01, 2021 @12:59AM (#25986003)
At the end of the day, after the stack of promises has been popped, only one person can have the share as well.
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Re:It Feels Like the Game Is Rigged by klodolph on Monday February 01, 2021 @01:01AM (#25986018)
It’s not broken, it’s just simplified because nobody’s selling the book, just lending it out.

> In shorting, it sounds like you can sell the same share to 2 different people.

You have to obtain (buy or borrow) the share twice in order to sell it twice.

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