Your political compass

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 04-14-2015, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

So, they knew that the entire system they had exploited to make them ****loads of money would come crashing down, leaving them at the mercy of the government to bailout? Which they only did once Lehman Brothers went belly up. That's not selfish and short sighted, that's just not having any idea how to interpret the long term actions of such an infinitely complex system.

Key words, "like" and "hope". Two words not based in logic. Face it. The people who run this world are holding on by their fingertips the same as everyone else.

no, i'm not saying that they got together in a room and said lets crash the economy today

i think they kept figuring out ways to make them more money

and then eventually when they came up with a formula to make money on shady investments, they suppressed their morals and continued to make money

until the economy crashed. and then they had to take their millions of dollars and go home so the public wouldn't riot.

Chula Vista · 04-14-2015, 04:46 PM

Seriously, check out Margin call. It's very factually based on what took place to cause the huge collapse of 2007-2008.

"Margin Call" Is For Real! - Forbes

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 04-14-2015, 05:17 PM

alright. i'll give it a watch.

Wpnfire · 04-14-2015, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

So did I when I was fifteen. You'll get over it.

This. No way are your views fully formed until you ask yourself the ultimate questions.

Isbjørn · 04-14-2015, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Wpnfire

This. No way are your views fully formed until you ask yourself the ultimate questions.

What, like, the meaning of life? I've got that figured out already, there is no meaning, since we were created by coincidence.

I'm the master of the universe.

Or ultimate as in the last questions? No point waiting for them, I'll be dead before they're asked.

DwnWthVwls · 04-15-2015, 07:28 AM

Can't have fully formed views on topics you aren't fully informed about which basically includes everything if you're still a teenager.

The Batlord · 04-15-2015, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Isbjørn

What, like, the meaning of life? I've got that figured out already, there is no meaning, since we were created by coincidence.

Dumb kids. It's 42.

Isbjørn · 04-15-2015, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

Can't have fully formed views on topics you aren't fully informed about which basically includes everything if you're still a teenager.

This sounds more like it.

Wpnfire · 04-15-2015, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Isbjørn

Or ultimate as in the last questions? No point waiting for them, I'll be dead before they're asked.

what? What are the last questions?

DwnWthVwls · 04-15-2015, 05:24 PM

No such thing.. There are an infinite amount of questions.

04-14-2015, 04:46 PM	#462 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Seriously, check out Margin call. It's very factually based on what took place to cause the huge collapse of 2007-2008. "Margin Call" Is For Real! - Forbes __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

04-14-2015, 05:17 PM	#463 (permalink)
~~John Wilkes Booth~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 2,235	alright. i'll give it a watch.