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wall street is going down... so what?

will any of these ghouls be made homeless or is it all anxiety for them?

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[–] crispy_lol@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago

I was a programmer at a mid size tech company and they hit our department hard with layoffs today. Like a third of the staff who actually did shit gone, some of the best programmers too. The truly wealthy can just take from those beneath them before harming themselves. Then double count by taking a profit on their shares because they “fixed the financials”