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by kortilla 1886 days ago
> I agree with the grandparent. Externalities should be born by the company making the profits.

You ignored what I wrote. Wiping out investors is making externalities born by the company.

My statement has nothing to do with externalities. It’s about investors being on the hook a good thing.

The grandparent implied that poor investors lose their money on one hand and complain about externalities going to public on the other, which makes no sense. Holding companies, and subsequently shareholders, accountable for all of the company liabilities is the capitalist way.