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But what you're doing is increasing the power of just a few people while decreasing the power of the majority with such a system. There isn't a flawless system indeed, but socialism is so inefficient it's scary. While there are winners and losers in this current state of the world, potentially...

I'd rather be "sick" than dead. Darwin was brilliant. But lets be honest here. It's not like we are the bankers who befriended the Nazi's during the Holocaust. I wish for more of each. If so, I'd actually be making a killing.

He's not the core of the problem. Bush is the face of the problem. But he really is just a pawn for some other people, whomever they may be.

The problem is, a socialist system has it's problems as well. The leaders and gestapo would have all the wealth, so human greed still plays a role in society. It's just that more people have less.

Then again, if you're smart, right now you could be making quite a lot of money due to this economic downturn. You could be like me shorting the entire market, profiting off of the pain others are feeling. I think you'd like that, Rev.

You will love the coming financial times then. :agree:

And I think you pressed the wrong button when you made this thread. :D

Taleb was spot on with his analysis and more people should have listened to him. I'm not sure about the entire collapse of the banking system, as not all banks partake in the same business, but most do. I also like his take on the Ludic fallacy.