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RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:

Epic High Five posted:

*capital flees to private islands with 0% tax anyway*

People stay, corporations reincorporate wherever convenient

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anime was right
Jun 27, 2008

death is certain
keep yr cool

Reality Winner posted:

People stay, corporations reincorporate wherever convenient

this is basically one of the largest problems with globalism, people cant migrate as freely or easily as a company can, it inherently favors corporations and not people/governments lol

mcclay
Jul 8, 2013

Oh dear oh gosh oh darn
Soiled Meat
What if we arrest all the CEOs/Shareholders and take the money from them? What problems can a gun not fix?

Dreddout
Oct 1, 2015

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

lollontee posted:

The dude's a professor, what's he supposed to do except give talks and write papers?

gently caress his grad students?

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


Karl Barks
Jan 21, 1981

invade panama and the cayman islands and seize all assets

got any sevens
Feb 9, 2013

by Cyrano4747

mcclay posted:

What if we arrest all the CEOs/Shareholders and take the money from them? What problems can a gun not fix?

worth a try

Moxxis Endowment
Dec 11, 2017

by Nyc_Tattoo
LMAO

logikv9
Mar 5, 2009


Ham Wrangler
exploitation begins at home

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



this is actually good news for bitcoin

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

logikv9 posted:

exploitation begins at home

triple sulk
Sep 17, 2014





Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
lol, buttcoins

Lindsey O. Graham
Dec 31, 2016

"We're not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term."

- The Chief

mcclay posted:

What if we arrest all the CEOs/Shareholders and take the money from them? What problems can a gun not fix?

one problem?
gitmo

Goon Danton
May 24, 2012

Don't forget to show my shitposts to the people. They're well worth seeing.


Is it finally happening? Could it be?

logikv9
Mar 5, 2009


Ham Wrangler
how much did buttcoin go down

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

logikv9 posted:

how much did buttcoin go down

there was a coordinated sell-off a couple hours ago, it went from like 18k to 14k in seconds. now it's back up to 17k

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



logikv9 posted:

how much did buttcoin go down

about 25% i think

also apparently coinbase announced they were going to start facilitating trades of some bit spinoff or something called "bitcoin cash" and in a complete coincidence the price of bitcoin cash in other markets skyrocketed a few hours before that announcement

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

Shear Modulus posted:

about 25% i think

also apparently coinbase announced they were going to start facilitating trades of some bit spinoff or something called "bitcoin cash" and in a complete coincidence the price of bitcoin cash in other markets skyrocketed a few hours before that announcement

also trading was live for four minutes until things went to poo poo and everything got frozen

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



basically everybody who predicted that the rise being driven by Smart Finance People sensing a chance to scam rubes going on to selling everything they had at 20k for an easy 100-300% profit, and crashing the currency at the same time, was right?

Anime Schoolgirl
Nov 28, 2002

Epic High Five posted:

basically everybody who predicted that the rise being driven by Smart Finance People sensing a chance to scam rubes going on to selling everything they had at 20k for an easy 100-300% profit, and crashing the currency at the same time, was right?
yeah except replace Smart Finance People with the Russian and Chinese mafias


...same thing, really

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



Aliquid posted:

also trading was live for four minutes until things went to poo poo and everything got frozen

lol they havent evolved since magic the gathering online exchange just now the money is rich billionaire libertarians' instead of poor internet libertarians'

Notorious R.I.M.
Jan 27, 2004

up to my ass in alligators

Anime Schoolgirl posted:

yeah except replace Smart Finance People with the Russian and Chinese mafias


...same thing, really

And NK who will net a nice profit from ransomware payouts.

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
https://twitter.com/NYT/status/943402341021245441

I lust for Uber death

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
fuckin finally

rudatron
May 31, 2011

by Fluffdaddy
get 'disrupted' lovely vampire capitalists

Minera
Sep 26, 2007

All your friends and foes,
they thought they knew ya,
but look who's in your heart now.
The government is trying to stop me from working my third job, i must vote even further against my own self interest

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/943522030015668224

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/943214398008709120

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/943526172062900232

Crowsbeak
Oct 9, 2012

by Azathoth
Lipstick Apathy

Reality Winner posted:

People stay, corporations reincorporate wherever convenient
You know, what would happen if someone campaigned on bombing the poo poo out the Caymens and Bermuda?

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

Crowsbeak posted:

You know, what would happen if someone campaigned on bombing the poo poo out the Caymens and Bermuda?

they would get assassinated

Prav
Oct 29, 2011

caymans could be a single mailbox sticking out of the ocean and still function identically to how it does now

logikv9
Mar 5, 2009


Ham Wrangler
The Caymans live on in our hearts

got any sevens
Feb 9, 2013

by Cyrano4747

who makes these pictures

WampaLord
Jan 14, 2010


Is one of the triggers "people who touch monitors?"

Cause that's triggering me right now. :argh:

Ramrod Hotshot
May 30, 2003

I remember seeing in another thread someone propose that the tax bill could decrease demand...of something...and that this could actually slow down the economy. Any ideas what that could mean?

Plank Walker
Aug 11, 2005

got any sevens posted:

who makes these pictures

that's how bitcoin mining actually works

1. fill a box full of chips and multicolored leds
2. get a physical chuck e cheese token out
3. repeat

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the bitcoin of weed
Nov 1, 2014

Ramrod Hotshot posted:

I remember seeing in another thread someone propose that the tax bill could decrease demand...of something...and that this could actually slow down the economy. Any ideas what that could mean?

it increases taxes on the poor, who actually drive the economy because they spend their money instead of burying it

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