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bhikkhu

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2. One thing I can't help but notice is all the "collapse" videos on youtube
Sun Nov 24, 2024, 12:56 PM
Nov 24

...suddenly my feed is full of pundits and finance guys talking about the inevitable economic collapse and pointing out all the factors and evidence that it's already under way.

Maybe it is, I don't know. I don't really watch videos like that as they all tend to seem pretty disingenuous and I'm not especially trusting when it comes to tales of collapse. Having been around for awhile I remember the same sort of thing consistently since the late 70's. Now why would they want to convince everyone there's an economic collapse? Probably the cheerleaders for disaster already sold, and now they want to see everyone else do the same so that they can buy back in at a discount. I've seen that happen often enough, it's one way of making gains in a market that might otherwise be pretty flat. Youtube is one way for them to lean on the scales and control the narrative, or maybe I'm just the suspicious type.

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