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dgauss

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11. I did find the answer interesting.

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #9)

Sun Oct 12, 2025, 11:01 PM

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The market and other financial effects if (and it is a hypothetical) the stock market crashes seemed realistic and grounded in history.

What happens after that, if it were to happen, is still distant speculation.

There was a somewhat hopeful note at the end, though mostly from a finance point of view, saying "It would likely lead to a reckoning that sorts out unsustainable players, allowing the more grounded and truly innovative companies to emerge stronger in the long term."

But that doesn't address at all the impact on society.

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