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by lotsofpulp 712 days ago
>The stock market is where long term companies go to be screwed on a whim.

What data do you base this on? "Long term" companies that do not choose to become publicly listed go out of business all the time. Some of them even get obviated by competitors who do choose to go public, and as a result, have a ton more money to outcompete the non public ones.