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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59arrow-down1·6 months agoYou can think private equity for expensive everything. And also all of your favorite stores and restaurants closing down for no good reason.
minus-squareSacredHeartAttack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 months agoCame here to say this. Thank you for beating me to it.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 months agoIf civilization survives, our descendants are going to look back at private equity firms and wonder why we allowed such things to exist.
minus-squareOsaErisXero@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·6 months agoIf civilization is going to survive, leaving this specific problem to our descendents won’t be an option. Private Equity is an us problem, and we need to treat it like one.
You can think private equity for expensive everything.
And also all of your favorite stores and restaurants closing down for no good reason.
Came here to say this. Thank you for beating me to it.
If civilization survives, our descendants are going to look back at private equity firms and wonder why we allowed such things to exist.
If civilization is going to survive, leaving this specific problem to our descendents won’t be an option. Private Equity is an us problem, and we need to treat it like one.