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The market went down less than half a percent today? That’s not a great day but certainly not losses that are even notable

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Kind of a good, non-political, encapsulation of one thing that's majorly wrong with the internet nowadays. Somebody that has so little clue what they're talking about is coming here, posting messages, and having as much voice to manipulate the minds of others as, for example, some tenured economics professor does. No way to tell the two types of people apart, the posts looks the same, know way to know what experience/knowledge/credentials the poster has. Now imagine all the people posting their thoughts in regards to something like the latest middle east conflict - what percentage of those posters know any better what they're talking about than this guy does about economics?

I mean, you can always evaluate the arguments instead of going by authority. It is not like famous economists or professors are always right.

But if we take statements at face value and do not think critically… Also there are bad actors trying to push a direction. One cannot assume one account equals one person.

Kids these days have no clue what a real bear market looks like. They were barely in grade school during the 2008 crash.

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