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A comment on Twilio employees, associates charged with insider trading by SEC. Parent comment

Re:Twilio employees, associates charged with insider trading... by lupire on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @04:51PM (#30848202)
> Financial markets are not a level playing field; some people will always have faster computers or better resources or more money to spend on research than others,

This is wrong. Being better than someone else doesn't make the playing field unlevel.

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Re:Twilio employees, associates charged with insider trading... by mbesto on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @10:44PM (#30851005)
What he's saying is basically:

"The basketball court is level. The better basketball player simply has more money when it comes to financial markets."

Is a football field unlevel if team A spends more dollars on their lifting program?

> This is wrong.

P.S. Flat out telling people they are wrong is not a great way to facilitate good faith discussions.

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