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50-70% of the “economy” is likely fake/literal fraud
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Date: March 30th, 2026 5:08 PM Author: Beady-eyed candlestick maker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851679&forum_id=2/#49781404) |
Date: March 30th, 2026 5:09 PM Author: sexy university 97% (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851679&forum_id=2/#49781410) |
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Date: March 30th, 2026 10:33 PM Author: crimson generalized bond bawdyhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851679&forum_id=2/#49782033) |
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Date: March 30th, 2026 5:09 PM Author: Azure hairraiser tattoo state Agreed. Its almost all Mexican Mafia money laundering. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851679&forum_id=2/#49781413) |
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Date: March 30th, 2026 5:11 PM Author: fiercely-loyal property brethren Probably higher. It's all transaction-based and driven by financing of all sorts. Even the productive parts of the economy mostly grow through price increases. Tons of PE firms have bought up all sorts of widget / component makers across every industry and then raised prices across the board. It's all fraud bullshit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851679&forum_id=2/#49781419) |
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Date: March 30th, 2026 5:14 PM Author: Drunken Aqua School Dysfunction (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851679&forum_id=2/#49781424) |
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Date: March 30th, 2026 5:17 PM Author: Amber Wild Feces Depressive (((fraud bullshit))) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851679&forum_id=2/#49781433) |
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Date: March 30th, 2026 10:25 PM Author: fiercely-loyal property brethren It's really unbelievable. People look around and go "why does everything cost so much now?" Obviously part of it is the money printing, but there is basically a hidden layer of PE investors raising prices on inputs across every area of the economy.
Example: a PE firm buys a family-owned aerospace engine component maker. The company supplies a critical component that accounts for only 2% of the total cost of the engine it goes into. The PE firm sees this and says "we have pricing power" and then doubles the price out of the gate and continues to raise it every year. Because, well, it's critical and still a relatively small percentage of the overall cost of the engine. Mind you that the family that ran the business never raised prices because there was no need and they weren't actually doing anything new to warrant the price increase.
Now take this one example and multiply it across every segment of the economy. (And every part inside of an airplane engine, for that matter.) Oh, what business mastermen! |
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Date: March 30th, 2026 10:35 PM Author: swashbuckling cream native GE could buy the stupid business and do the same thing. Everyone thinks PE is Extra Evil for some reason. I just know the companies they buy always become shitty ime. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851679&forum_id=2/#49782037) |
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Date: March 30th, 2026 11:55 PM Author: fiercely-loyal property brethren People think PE is Extra Evil because they are purely financial engineers. At least in the case of GE you're talking about a business that actually engineers and manufactures products. Whereas Queer Hill Capital Partners is just full of vest wearing fags who can't even hammer a nail.
But yes, Jack Welch was a pioneer of the extraction-in-lieu-of-value-creation approach. PE just has it as its entire operating model. |
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Date: March 30th, 2026 10:37 PM Author: Vigorous Tanning Salon Factory Reset Button How many mom and pop makers of critical aerospace engine components are there? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851679&forum_id=2/#49782039) |
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Date: March 30th, 2026 10:39 PM Author: swashbuckling cream native Disgruntled Engineers start businesses sometimes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851679&forum_id=2/#49782044) |
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Date: March 30th, 2026 11:51 PM Author: fiercely-loyal property brethren Tons of them were acquired over the last decade. There are still more out there. Either way, it was just an illustrative example. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851679&forum_id=2/#49782195) |
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Date: March 30th, 2026 10:37 PM Author: low-t violet private investor theater Isn't everyone here rich as fuck? Why are you guys always complaining about prices? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851679&forum_id=2/#49782040) |
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Date: March 30th, 2026 10:39 PM Author: swashbuckling cream native “Big tech” that never develops any technology Apps everywhere that do nothing Why don’t cars come from china, you ask? Bc the auto industry employs like 10,000,000k people directly or indirectly Video games that cost $500,000,000k to develop and then fail immediately |
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Date: March 30th, 2026 10:41 PM Author: Haunting sinister sandwich and that's saying nothing about the State of Consoles (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851679&forum_id=2/#49782048) |
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Date: March 31st, 2026 7:22 AM Author: cowgod It’s the same price increase bs being talked about upthread imo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851679&forum_id=2/#49782393) |
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Date: March 30th, 2026 10:42 PM Author: Vigorous Tanning Salon Factory Reset Button The video games cost a lot more than that. sony spent 4 billion dollars to buy bungie and have them make marathon lmao (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851679&forum_id=2/#49782055) |
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Date: March 31st, 2026 7:21 AM Author: cowgod Bungie can hypothetically be sold. Also there was value in Stealing them from MSFT in terms of Console War optics. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851679&forum_id=2/#49782392) |
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Date: March 31st, 2026 7:26 AM Author: The Absolute State of the Strait ( ) lol Marathon bombed hard on PS and the bulk of its players are on Microsoft Windows (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851679&forum_id=2/#49782397) |
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Date: March 31st, 2026 7:36 AM Author: cowgod That’s just a sign that PS5 players have taste and Class. I nod with approval at the Low Sales of even the highest selling games on Sony consoles relative to the install base. What is everyone playing, you ask? Maybe Blu Rays in 4K. Maybe HBO. Whatever they want. Greatness awaits imo. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851679&forum_id=2/#49782405) |