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by kelnos 818 days ago
> This is oversimplifying

Yes, and in doing so you've managed to blissfully ignore all the speculation and outright gambling that goes on in the stock market.

I'm not a crypto defender; I think it's mostly useless and a waste of people's time and money. But let's not paint a big rosy picture of the rest of our financial system. That's just not where the truth lies.

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I did no such thing. I only answered the question I was asked. For some reason a bunch of people interpreted that as a defense of short-term stock trading.