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ProllyInfamous ◴[] No.41888611[source]
Let me propose an alternate theory: fines and enforcement have become too small, so-as to become just a cost of doing business.

Many of these employees are so-incentivized by fiscal profit that they fail to see the immorality, just seeing opportunity. Maybe if our regulators weren't in bed with so many of the major funds...

"If you think there's a solution, you're part of the problem." —George Carlin (Conan O'brien interview)

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alexashka ◴[] No.41888733[source]
Yes, but go on taking the logical steps: why are the regulators in bed with so many of the major funds?

You very quickly boil it down to morality and ethics.

Americans have a broken ethics code that says the free market magically solves the need for anyone to be a good person - if someone's a selfish ass, the free market and 'competition' will magically fix it.

Therefore I can be in bed with whoever I like, whenever I like - both literally and figuratively.

Life wasn't too bad as long as Americans believed in religions and this extremely stupid free market idea was balanced by an extremely stupid idea of God that wants you to be 'good'.

Now that Americans are unconstrained by anything and further emboldened by extremely stupid ideas of magical free markets - they're well on their way to societal collapse.

This is why Jordan Peterson is trying to bring God back - he knows Americans are a collapsing, degenerate culture. It's the wrong move and it won't work but he (unlike 99% of people) at least understands the root the problem. Oh well.

I wouldn't mind it too much because stupid societies full of stupid people should and do inevitably collapse but these stupid people have nuclear weapons. The way it's going - we will have nuclear war.

ps. most other cultures are also extremely stupid (they just have a different set of extremely stupid ideas). Americans just happen to have become the world ruler so they're of greater interest.

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pphysch ◴[] No.41888873[source]
Which contemporary cultures are not "extremely stupid", in your opinion?
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1. alexashka ◴[] No.41889011[source]
I've provided all the necessary information to piece it together without explicitly telling you.

That was not an accident.

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2. pphysch ◴[] No.41890677[source]
Given the reddit energy of these posts, I'm guessing it's a Japan/Scandinavia preference. Right or wrong?
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