That one was more complex. Lehman brothers didn’t publicly tell everybody that they were going to do a bad thing, then proceed to do the bad thing despite everyone telling them it’s a very bad idea, and then everything turns into shit just like everyone had predicted.
Yeah I think you’re right, a lot of average people wouldn’t be as anti establishment and easily pursuaded by demogoges if they’d taken care of the general population after 2008 instead of the banks…
The difference now is that this one was completely preventable. Not that it makes it any better.
So was the one in 2008…
That one was more complex. Lehman brothers didn’t publicly tell everybody that they were going to do a bad thing, then proceed to do the bad thing despite everyone telling them it’s a very bad idea, and then everything turns into shit just like everyone had predicted.
True, but then it also could’ve been mitigated better after shit hit the fan.
Also, if we had imprisoned everyone involved and seized all their assets Donald Trump probably doesn’t win in 2016
Yeah I think you’re right, a lot of average people wouldn’t be as anti establishment and easily pursuaded by demogoges if they’d taken care of the general population after 2008 instead of the banks…