Have you seen Demolition Man (1993)?

I kind of wonder if people with ADHD tend to fall into the latter group, as we are used to setting guardrails to keep us aligned to a goal.

ADHD may be a part of it but mentoring and some experience with TDD or strong unit testing is also a part.

What will you do when they stop burning cash and the $200 plan becomes $2000?

Protests have already been mitigated by tactics researched and documented among the most authoritarian think tanks.

Believe it or not, wealthy people plan ahead to protect their hoard and they have had several decades since Gandhi to figure out how to neuter peaceful protests that threaten their status.

> the general population’s standard of living doesn't go backwards too far too fast.

Too late for that hypothetical.

I think a good compromise there is to get rid of shorting.

And tax capital gains at a rate inversely proportional to how long the shares were held. E.g., 90% if held less than a second, 10% if held over 10 years.

What if I’m a farmer who wants to short whatever commodity I grow as a hedge.

what makes 'shorting' special? I understand what shorting is from a non-market-junkie point of view (essentially betting that a stock will go down).. is that just more 'gameable' than buying stock.. i guess i don't see the difference between 'i bet this will go up' and 'i bet this will go down' it's still a bet.

I assume it must be much easier to modify the market to make a stock price go down (e.g. hack the CEO account to say something silly/dangerous) vs trying to make the stock price go up.

You could hack the CEO account to say something positive, too though.

You might belong to the group that is benefitting from the status quo.

Ironic that you waste our time with this.

Whatever helps you sleep at night...