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deforestgump [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish ·
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Alan Greenspan, economist and longtime head of the Federal Reserve, dies at 100

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Alan Greenspan, economist and longtime head of the Federal Reserve, dies at 100

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The powerful economic policymaker died Monday from complications of Parkinson’s disease, said his wife of 29 years, NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell.

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  • deforestgump [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netOP
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    “Ayn Rand and I remained close until she died in 1982, and I’m grateful for the influence she had on my life. I was intellectually limited until I met her,” Greenspan wrote in “The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World.”

    rip-bozo

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      Imagine saying you were “intellectually limited” until you met fucking Ayn Rand.

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        He went from being intellectually limited to intellectually deceased

      • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        “i still am, but i used to be, too”

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    on the one hand, he was a piece of shit, but on the other, he’s dead

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    Feeling some rational exuberance rn

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    Not too long ago I had to remind myself that Alan Greenspan and Alan Dershowitz are two different people

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      We gotta shut down these Alan’s until we figure out what’s going on.

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    The western imperialist economist is just a conman selling their bullshit dysfunctional system. At least there is now one less of these demons in the world.

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    Atleast he was likely miserable with parkinsons

  • Evilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    Rest in worms packwatch

  • chgxvjh [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    Hey it’s the guy from the Adam Curtis movies 🍿

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    Lmao

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    I didn’t think he was dead but I have to admit that I did forget he was still alive.

  • TrashGoblin [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    hexcrab-party Only the good die young.

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    crabss-party crabss-party crabss-party crabss-party

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    Touch grass

    • deforestgump [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netOP
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      Who you talking to?

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        Sorry I wrote that quickly as I got off the bus lol

        Directed at mr Greenspan:

        touch-grass permanently crab-party

        • PaulSmackage [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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          Become Grass.

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          Amen.

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    Time for this throwback

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      Damn the internet used to be rad.

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      I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

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      • yt.artemislena.eu
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