• @danc4498
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    151 month ago

    Oh, but what about those poor middlemen that do so much working keeping prices inflated? What will they do for a living?

    • @Sweetpeaches69
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      121 month ago

      Be glad they weren’t executed in public for being traitors to their fellow citizens.

    • @cm0002
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      41 month ago

      Won’t someone think of the shareholders!

      • @danc4498
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        31 month ago

        Think about how many yacht building jobs will be lost!

    • @[email protected]
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      41 month ago

      Have heard folks unironically make this argument. “The insurance industry! Massive unemployment! My 401k is invested in them! I’ll be ruined!”.

      • @danc4498
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        41 month ago

        That’s not an invalid concern, but those jobs will just transition. Probably not a bad idea for a politician to address this concern since there are probably hundreds of thousands of jobs in insurance.