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Brian Bixby's avatar

That's what the Fed has been trying to do, trigger a recession to raise unemployment and lower wages, they're quite open that this is the reason for interest rate hikes.

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Regret's avatar

I'd take a similar but somehow still opposite approach: Outlaw stock re-selling. You can only sell stocks back to the company and to no-one else.

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Brian Bixby's avatar

Within a decade look for this scenario to repeat, except that the railroads will want to remove the engineer and conductor to go fully automated.

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Regret's avatar

Strike! Strike! Strike!

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mailman27's avatar

Yes, Yes, Yes. I can't say it enough, even though I'm sure it's already been said.

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Zap's avatar

Quite the opposite actually.

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Zap's avatar

Or you can make your own.

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Zap's avatar

Is that gay sex? Asking for a friend.

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Zap's avatar

But won't Elon's hyperloop fix all that?

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Lordpnewt's avatar

No, it's just a couple of straight men butffucking.

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Zap's avatar

Oh.

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mailman27's avatar

Nah. Just straight-up railroading.

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mailman27's avatar

Ex post facto, if you will. If you won't, even!!

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disqus_lWwzrwNaw6's avatar

Warren Buffett and the rest of the billionaires have Biden and the Democrats in their sights. This is a despair-making moment here.

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You Should Ice That Burn's avatar

Weekends and no tykes on the assembly lines are how the very rich show that they love us!

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Sativa Gummi's avatar

The railroad workers aren't even getting UNPAID days off for illness.

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