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50-70% of the “economy” is likely fake/literal fraud

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stirring drab yarmulke
  03/30/26
97%
Vigorous Philosopher-king Cuckold
  03/30/26
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impertinent exhilarant space keepsake machete
  03/30/26
Agreed. Its almost all Mexican Mafia money laundering.
domesticated vengeful shrine
  03/30/26
Probably higher. It's all transaction-based and driven by fi...
lascivious meetinghouse lettuce
  03/30/26
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Excitant cruel-hearted locale
  03/30/26
(((fraud bullshit)))
Lemon Talking Business Firm
  03/30/26
It's really unbelievable. People look around and go "wh...
lascivious meetinghouse lettuce
  03/30/26
GE could buy the stupid business and do the same thing. Ever...
provocative multi-billionaire
  03/30/26
People think PE is Extra Evil because they are purely financ...
lascivious meetinghouse lettuce
  03/30/26
How many mom and pop makers of critical aerospace engine com...
cerebral stag film hominid
  03/30/26
Disgruntled Engineers start businesses sometimes
provocative multi-billionaire
  03/30/26
Tons of them were acquired over the last decade. There are s...
lascivious meetinghouse lettuce
  03/30/26
Isn't everyone here rich as fuck? Why are you guys always co...
Razzle-dazzle Slippery Potus
  03/30/26
“Big tech” that never develops any technology ...
provocative multi-billionaire
  03/30/26
and that's saying nothing about the State of Consoles
Citrine demanding state
  03/30/26
It’s the same price increase bs being talked about upt...
provocative multi-billionaire
  03/31/26
The video games cost a lot more than that. sony spent 4 bill...
cerebral stag film hominid
  03/30/26
Bungie can hypothetically be sold. Also there was value in S...
provocative multi-billionaire
  03/31/26
lol Marathon bombed hard on PS and the bulk of its players a...
Primrose Travel Guidebook
  03/31/26
That’s just a sign that PS5 players have taste and Cla...
provocative multi-billionaire
  03/31/26


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Date: March 30th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: stirring drab yarmulke



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Date: March 30th, 2026 5:09 PM
Author: Vigorous Philosopher-king Cuckold

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: impertinent exhilarant space keepsake machete



(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: domesticated vengeful shrine

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: lascivious meetinghouse lettuce

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: Excitant cruel-hearted locale



(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: Lemon Talking Business Firm

(((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: lascivious meetinghouse lettuce

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!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851679&forum_id=2`#49782023)



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Date: March 30th, 2026 10:35 PM
Author: provocative multi-billionaire

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: lascivious meetinghouse lettuce

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851679&forum_id=2`#49782204)



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Date: March 30th, 2026 10:37 PM
Author: cerebral stag film hominid

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: provocative multi-billionaire

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: lascivious meetinghouse lettuce

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: Razzle-dazzle Slippery Potus

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: provocative multi-billionaire

“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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851679&forum_id=2`#49782041)



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Date: March 30th, 2026 10:41 PM
Author: Citrine demanding state

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: provocative multi-billionaire

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: cerebral stag film hominid

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: provocative multi-billionaire

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: Primrose Travel Guidebook

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: provocative multi-billionaire

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)