[dangthis]

"But even anti-leftists are useful to the left if they turn against an enemy of the left. They use people that way." They use people that don't seek the truth that way too. Unfortunately the myth gets published so much that the myth becomes the truth. This idea that it was just the banks that caused all this is the myth. This idea that deregulation caused all this is the myth. The deliberate destruction of attempted regulation caused all this. That single thing allowed the banks to do what they did. It allowed the government to mandate risky loans. It was a Democrat party social engineering program. It was a Wall Street greed scheme that benefited every politician in power. It was a scheme to let the poorest dirt bound earthling to get in on the speculative market in the form of ballooning real estate ownership. Just think. Every person that sold a house during the build up needed to invest or pay taxes on the earnings. It was more like a form of addiction and gambling. So I would suggest that seeking the truth, so that you can't be used by your enemies, is the most practical approach.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

“It was a Democrat party social engineering program. It was a Wall Street greed scheme that benefited every politician in power.”

Correct. And that weakness was exploited by Putin and his secret allies who acted like arbs [one of the few trading terms I know].