Epicmafia

deletedover 8 years

okay, Ill continue with more hypotheticals for edark here.

let's say I give you some money to invest and tell you to diversify it. Are you going to invest all it in mining companies and be like "it's all good guys, there's 100s of mining companies, Im diversified!"

And then I look closer and Im like, "wait, are all these mining companies based in the midwest?"

uh, oh, better break them up more so I'm even more diversified

deletedover 8 years

edark, can you be so kind to clarify what we are talking about then? clearly I got lost somewhere along the way

deletedover 8 years

I think the reason Germatron is having difficulty articulating his argument is because he is plain stupid.

deletedover 8 years

germatron's dad, what a good man.

Edark

over 8 years

I dont think you understand that we're not even primarly talking about commercial banks

deletedover 8 years

i think the reason germatron is having difficulty articulating his argument is because germatron's dad didn't explain it well enough

Edark

over 8 years

I cant retort since you dont even understand what the freaking **** you're talking about

deletedover 8 years

Germatron says

I cant really retort when you dont really clarify what I missed.

They say dont put all your eggs in one basket, but simply making smaller baskets and then running down the street with a dozen baskets in your hand isnt really making you any safer...

lol

Edark

over 8 years

Germatron says

I cant really retort when you dont really clarify what I missed.

They say dont put all your eggs in one basket, but simply making smaller baskets and then running down the street with a dozen baskets in your hand isnt really making you any safer...

it literally does you idiot

deletedover 8 years

I cant really retort when you dont really clarify what I missed.

They say dont put all your eggs in one basket, but simply making smaller baskets and then running down the street with a dozen baskets in your hand isnt really making you any safer...

deletedover 8 years

I prefer bernie's argument for why we should break up the banks.

So theyre not big enough to strong arm the government (he could care less if theyre too big to fail, he'd just let them fail and have a nice little party in the rubble after)

But that's still pretty weak

deletedover 8 years

Where is my Star Destroyer, Ronnie?

Edark

over 8 years

Germatron says

Edark says

also germatron, there is a reason why you buy stock portfoilios which are spread upon a large market insted of investing on a single company

(hint: its because its way way safer)

yes, Im aware of diversification, thanks.

But you cant really spread banks across the entire market when they kind of all exist within the banking sector.

And it becomes even worse when all the banks are making the same (hopefully still diversified) investments.

You say you know what diversification is yet you dont seem to understand it all lmao

deletedover 8 years

Edark says

also germatron, there is a reason why you buy stock portfoilios which are spread upon a large market insted of investing on a single company

(hint: its because its way way safer)

yes, Im aware of diversification, thanks.

But you cant really spread banks across the entire market when they kind of all exist within the banking sector.

And it becomes even worse when all the banks are making the same (hopefully still diversified) investments.

Edark

over 8 years

also germatron, there is a reason why you buy stock portfoilios which are spread upon a large market insted of investing on a single company

(hint: its because its way way safer)

deletedover 8 years

I dont partake in semantical arguments, Im sorry you dont like my word choice.

Edark

over 8 years

Germatron says

also, while I admit the banks may be too big (may in italics)

The idea of the government breaking up a company is a slippery road.

Also, does that mean a rule would need to be put into place saying "once a bank gets X big, we break it up!"

How do you quantify X? But the bigger issue is how will the banks that are

you should google "slippery slope fallacy"

vilden

over 8 years

We are a country that doesn't win anymore. We don't win anymore. When was the last time we won? We don't win on trade. We don't win on the military. We are going to win, so much. We're going to win at the military; we're going to win on trade. We're going to win again. We're going to win.

deletedover 8 years

there are rules in place protecting against monopolies. But there isnt a monopoly. And the argument for breaking up the big banks isnt because theyre abusing consumers.

But then what is the point of breaking up the banks. The idea is theyre "too big to fail" so ... I guess breaking them up makes them small enough to fail? But did only one of them fail in 2008? no, a lot of them did. So why would breaking them up mitigate this risk? if 75% of the banks are failing, does it really matter if we have 10 or 100?

deletedover 8 years

Germatron says

also, while I admit the banks may be too big (may in italics)

The idea of the government breaking up a company is a slippery road.

Also, does that mean a rule would need to be put into place saying "once a bank gets X big, we break it up!"

How do you quantify X? But the bigger issue is how will the banks that are

So you'd rather have no rules in place at all rather than one to keep large consumer-abusing monopolies in check? What do you think the slipper slope would lead to?

DonaIdTrump

over 8 years

My next rally will be fantastic. We're going to host a gun-friendly event in an open-carry state so that everybody can feel safe. Maybe we could use AT&T Stadium in Texas? It's gonna be yuge!

deletedover 8 years

Devante says

Germatron says

Devante says

i wonder if republicans, who believe in their 2nd amendment so firmly think guns should be allowed in these trump rallys, cuz oh man would that ever be a news headline if they were

you understand that people are allowed to ban guns on private property, right?

the rally was held in a university. republicans, last i heard wanted there to be guns allowed in universities.

source? last I checked universities are private property. And a lot of universities have metal detectors before going into arenas (the type of place I imagine the rally was)

Devante

over 8 years

Fam says

Devante says

Iamnotanalien says

Devante says

i wonder if republicans, who believe in their 2nd amendment so firmly think guns should be allowed in these trump rallys, cuz oh man would that ever be a news headline if they were

At least we don't muzzle sweep entire crowds and sell guns to the blackmarket like democrats :^)

that didn't answer my question

Considering Trumps followers are the most obnoxiously right wing people there is, i'm sure theres always going to be a good amount of people carrying at his rallies. Trump actually just cancelled his trip to my city, i was actually wanting to go to see real life trump supporters and get a dank hat.

nah secret service, local police and all those guys were there and checking for weapons

Devante

over 8 years

Germatron says

Devante says

i wonder if republicans, who believe in their 2nd amendment so firmly think guns should be allowed in these trump rallys, cuz oh man would that ever be a news headline if they were

you understand that people are allowed to ban guns on private property, right?

the rally was held in a university. republicans, last i heard wanted there to be guns allowed in universities.

deletedover 8 years

Devante says

i wonder if republicans, who believe in their 2nd amendment so firmly think guns should be allowed in these trump rallys, cuz oh man would that ever be a news headline if they were

you understand that people are allowed to ban guns on private property, right?

Trump vs. Hillary