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Hoyt

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2. No, Thom, they won't. Their wealth is on paper. The last thing they would want to do is start

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Nov 28, 2019, 06:59 PM

Nov 2019

something like that which would destroy the current economy and take decades to rebuild (if ever). That would reduce the value of stock, land, future earnings, etc.

There's plenty of room for change, but the wealthy aren't stupid enough to start a civil war.

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Will America's billionaires start a second Civil War to protect their wealth and power?The stakes co [View all] applegrove Nov 2019 OP

Yeah, right. Undo tons of crap from undoing the 1996 telecommunications act and... SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #1

No, America's billionaires will not start a civil war. Nitram Nov 2019 #11

No, Thom, they won't. Their wealth is on paper. The last thing they would want to do is start Hoyt Nov 2019 #2

You're absolutely right. Anyone would be nuts to wipe out the value of their paper holdings...nt SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #3

Prior to the outbreak of WW1, nobody thought Germany and France would fight krispos42 Nov 2019 #7

Good (but scary too) point. Did not know this, but with the long shared border, not too ... SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #8

For some issues, people solve them by combining their intelligence krispos42 Nov 2019 #9

I don't think the right would start a hot war. But they will stop at nothing to applegrove Nov 2019 #4

Millionaires and now billionaires started a civil war decades ago. so far they're winning. Kurt V. Nov 2019 #5

Of course they will!!! Cartaphelius Nov 2019 #6

Wow, it's really going to be interesting to see which billionaires win this climb since the trillion sigpooie Nov 2019 #10

The whole concept of a hot Civil War is ridiculous. YOHABLO Dec 2019 #12

Agreed. applegrove Dec 2019 #13