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by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @09:03PM
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> some innocent victims exists, treated as guilty
The context in this discussion is comparing the hypothetical of a homeless person dying due to a systemic failure to the hypothetical of a business going bankrupt (without being acquired) due to a systemic failure.
This concept of presumed innocence ought to apply to this hypothetical homeless person: why not give them shelter (analogous to allowing M&A) by default, until someone decides itβs a problem? If a society is willing to accept this personal death, they should be willing to accept a business failure.
The context in this discussion is comparing the hypothetical of a homeless person dying due to a systemic failure to the hypothetical of a business going bankrupt (without being acquired) due to a systemic failure.
This concept of presumed innocence ought to apply to this hypothetical homeless person: why not give them shelter (analogous to allowing M&A) by default, until someone decides itβs a problem? If a society is willing to accept this personal death, they should be willing to accept a business failure.