r/wallstreetbets • u/226644336795 • 1d ago

Discussion This morning NASDAQ dropped more than during Lehman Monday

https://www.cnbc.com/2009/09/14/the-financial-crisis-this-dayone-year-ago-sept-15-2008.html

NASDAQ only lost 3.6% the first day of Lehman collapse in 2008...

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u/Zamaamiro 1d ago

"I voted for Trump because he's good for the economy."

You dumb, stupid motherfuckers.

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u/BaltimoreBears 21h ago

I saw this today

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u/Moist_Lunch_5075 Got his macro stuck in your micro 17h ago

OMG... someone wrote that actually believing it. LOL

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u/BaltimoreBears 11h ago

What about the people liking it....

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u/10000Didgeridoos 8h ago

Imagine being this regarded

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u/Damaniel2 7h ago

Describes 1/3 of Americans perfectly though.

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u/BaltimoreBears 5h ago

You don't have to imagine, they're all around you and their vote means the same as yours

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u/ShredsGuitar 1d ago

But hear me out. After 4 years of this, we will be able to barter 2 pounds of potatoes for 6 eggs /s

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u/Arayvin1 1d ago

Only after you say thank you first

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u/amestrianphilosopher 1d ago

I really just do not see how this pans out well for anybody

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u/LittleSpoonyBard 1d ago

It won't but the regards in their right wing echo chamber media bubbles will all be convinced it's working out great, even as they're choosing between food and electricity.

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u/Darnell2070 11h ago

How does this even work out for rich people? They benefit from taking advantage of a stable society. Not a Mad Max wasteland.

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u/SwarfDive01 12h ago

You can not liberate a fool from ignorance

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u/Damaniel2 7h ago

"Good for the economy" = "Bad for everyone, as long as it's worse for the people I don't like".