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        “We should privatise service X so it’s more efficient” X collapses “We can’t afford to let X fail despite the fact that it ran at massive profits all the way to it’s collapse so we’ll bail it out” THEN WHAT WAS THE POINT OF PRIVATISING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE?!

        You can take on the burden of running the thing and therefore the cost of making it public, or you can allow it to be private with the caveat that they must pay a substantial (enough for the government to not be at a net loss) tax as a kind of insurance in the event a bailout is needed, but don’t take on the worst of both worlds where the profits are private and the losses are public.

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      Let the taxpayers prop up failing companies. Corpo welfare is the good kind of welfare even though most of the money gets sucked up by the Executives and share buy backs.

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          The bar can’t be “not as corrupt as America”. That’s not a bar, that’s the ground. They can and should do better.

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            Oh I’m not trying to defend or exalt China. I’m saying that we should be like China when it comes to dealing with billionaires. Or even better, be like Vietnam, when the court ordered a billionaire who defrauded thousands to pay in time or be executed.

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        The amount of bailing out should be inversely proportionate to the amount of people fired during record profits.

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    you’re kidding right?

    those billionaites that gambled the US economy on an executive borwnosing machine will get a bailout paid by those who lost healthcare and can’t afford food. 2008 all over again.

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    Translation: we juiced the bubble so good trying to make a trillion dollars that when it pops, the world economy is coming down with it.

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      More like we juiced the bubble so good trying to make a trillion dollars that you (world governments) better not let it pop.

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    Any company not using AI for anything will be pretty unaffected when this bubble pops.

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    Due to the sheer number of articles surrounding the AI bubble popping; I’m coming to the conclusion that this has already started.

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    “I’m gonna take you all down with me!”

    Then I’ll ask for a sweet socialist bailout while the rest of you enjoy rugged capitalism.

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    Well now you know why Warren Buffet cashed out. He’s going to buy all the tech companies on a fire sale.

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    Big tech has never seen common people as anything but data. It’s funny they now are concerned for what will happen to us if their bubble bursts

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        I don’t think they believe the concern is real.

        “We should Improve society somewhat”.

        “It’s funny you think they would let society improve lol! How naive!”

        Please don’t be like that. It’s peak douche behavior.