• theneverfox@pawb.social
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      2 days ago

      Oh, totally, but that’s like the final boss of capitalism.

      We’re not nearly high enough level for that. We need to grind by actually passing legislation beyond the budget omnibus, get some public support and momentum with easy wins

      Maybe start lining up dominos by fixing healthcare - that’d make the stock market go crazy. It’d be casus belli for regulating and reforming the stock market, that or the pop of the AI bubble. People will lose their minds over their retirement accounts plummeting, it’ll be a huge decision moment for the future of our country

      That all being said, unmaking the stock market would be utterly transformative… It could either require hyperinflation or cause deflation depending on how it’s done, it could level inequality in one move or leave millions to starve

      The one thing I’m confident it wouldn’t do is pay off our debts… But through definancializating the economy, it would probably make wages catch up enough not to matter