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Lewis Dalven's avatar

That last FDR quote says it all. Which side are you on? [Also a song title by Pete Seeger, whose voice we miss.]

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VEE LAVALLEE's avatar

Sorry to say but this "crash" can't come soon enough! The economy will rebound after trump and his lackeys are finally exposed. All this mayhem created may have convinced a few but not the many.

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McLain's avatar

Thanks, Jim. This was really informative. Will share.

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Mark Archambault's avatar

Jim, very important article. I didn't realize the AI bubble was this wildly inflated and the vast extent of the PayPal Mafia's tentacles into it. I look forward to discussing this at today's Zoom call.

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Sandra Tuttle's avatar

Stellar, stellar summary of where we are Jim! If only all Americans can understand the inner workings of what you described. We must help them. Fingers crossed America.

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Karin Loess's avatar

Wow. This one’s an eye opener. Restacked.

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Jack Carter's avatar

Paypal SUCKS !!! Ban this company

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Theezy Thee's avatar

Jim, I'm sorry, but you repeatedly misspelled Putin Mafiya.

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Sandra Tuttle's avatar

I mispell Trvmp. Mvsk, Pvtin all the time, on purpise.

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Jack Carter's avatar

Haha ... but ... it is correct spelling in another language most probably

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Theezy Thee's avatar

PayPal Mafia = Putin Mafiya

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Barnation Station's avatar

This bust will be an inverse of the dot com bust.

That bust was a percentage of smaller total value while something like 80+% were still corporations with actual infrastructure.

That is now the opposite.

What happens when one or two whales fall with no platform underneath?

I’m not willing to go there.

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Romaine Voigt's avatar

Yikes.i thought about saying “cautionary tale”but holy moly it’s too late. Think I’ll just watch a movie…“Nicholas and Alexandra”or “Bonnie and Clyde”?

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Willa Davis's avatar

I have difficulty understanding Wall Street and complicated economics in general. Thank you for shining your light on the subject. I sure hope that their shared obsession with power and cash brings them down real soon — I'm just sorry that so many innocents have and will suffer too.

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Sandra Tuttle's avatar

It's complex wall street heists set up to let billionaires (government officials, corporate officials, heads of state, et al) steal every marble for their benefit and starve the populace globally.

Read Zev Shalev's The Greatest Heist here on Substack.

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Romaine Voigt's avatar

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Leanne Fierstein's avatar

This is scary as hell. Jim, thank you for explaining what’s happening. It seems like the plan is to destroy the economy, so the oligarchs can profit from it. The oligarchs want us fighting each other, so we don’t realize what they’re doing to us. We have to keep our eyes open to what they’re doing and spread the word.

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Sandra Tuttle's avatar

Spot On Leanne. Read Zev Shalev's The Greatest Heist here on Substack.

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Karen Scofield's avatar

What an unbelievably scary as hell predicament this country is in right now,Jim. You've got you hand on the pulse of the dark sickness that's spreading around the World 🌎. Thank you, for your Lazer Focused insight, and will reStack ASAP 🙏

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RRG's avatar

This is the best title ever

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Mark Archambault's avatar

Great name for an Indy Jam Band.

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