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by bigyabai 236 days ago
> we owe to technology

That, and the American economy's pernicious habit for making money doing nothing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financialization

When will that become problematic, you tell me...

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Wall Street has been around since ~1700. It's always had intermittent problems and always continued.

> During the 18th century, the location served as a slave market and securities trading site... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street

kind of illustrates that.

That doesn't sound responsive, actionable, or meaningful in general. Did you mean to reply to a different post?
Don't worry, it gets clearer when you're older.

How many years off is your pension, perchance? If you still think "technology" is going to bankroll your retirement, you've got more faith than I do.