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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 Feb 2019

    Jeet Heer Retweeted The American Conservative

    Spot-on.https://twitter.com/amconmag/status/1094921489751564288 …

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    The American ConservativeVerified account @amconmag
    From 2012: "After the 2008 collapse, the worst since the Great Depression, the rich, rather than having the modesty to temper their demands, this time have made the calculated bet that they are politically invulnerable." http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/revolt-of-the-rich/ …
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      1. Patrick Wyman‏Verified account @Patrick_Wyman 11 Feb 2019
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        Historically speaking, they’ve got about a 50/50 chance of it working out, right?

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      1. Andybichara  🇺🇦‏ @stoic5132 11 Feb 2019
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        Their victory this decade might turn out to be a Pyrrhic one. They will have to take the biggest hits in the next crisis, as the Fed Reserve and nat gov’s no longer have the policy bullets to subsidize their losses.

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      1. Roelof Vos‏ @zorrovos 11 Feb 2019
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        Yes, but we should stop giving praise to people for telling us it's raining and start finding people who can build a boat.

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      1. Daniel Lerch‏ @daniellerch 12 Feb 2019
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        Phew! For a second there I was worried you'd have me agreeing with something Dreher wrote.

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