Inequality in US may spur ‘terrible civil war’, says hedge fund billionaire

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  1. thecoder

    thecoder

    https://nypost.com/2021/01/25/hedge...inequality-in-us-may-spur-terrible-civil-war/
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    Hedge fund billionaire warns inequality in US may spur ‘terrible civil war’
    ByThornton McEnery, January 25, 2021 1:50pm, Updated

    Billionaire investor Ray Dalio unleashed a tweetstorm warning that America is “on the brink of a terrible civil war” because of widening inequality.

    Dalio, the 71-year-old founder of the giant hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, tweeted on Sunday that he was pleased by Biden’s Inauguration Day rhetoric of unity. But the Wall Street tycoon sounded less optimistic about how quickly and easily the new administration can repair the nation’s economic and political fissures.

    “I believe we are on the brink of a terrible civil war,” he tweeted. “Where we are at an inflection point between entering a type of hell of fighting or pulling back to work together for peace and prosperity that addresses the big wealth, values, and opportunity gaps we’re now seeing.”

    Dalio — whose net worth last year was estimated by Forbes at $18.6 billion, making him the 69th richest person in the world — has been talking publicly about the dangers of growing wealth inequality and rabid partisanship for years, calling it a “national emergency.”

    As recently as December, Dalio took to his LinkedIn account to show that economic data predicted the country “is at a tipping point in which it could go from manageable internal tension to revolution and/or civil war.”

    “Good words and spirit aren’t enough,” Dalio tweeted on Sunday. “People will have to agree on both how to grow the pie and how to divide it well. That will require revolutionary change.”

    Doing it peacefully requires both bipartisanship and skill. It won’t be easy. Our country is still in a terrible financial state and terribly divided. I will monitor how those good intentions are turning into good actions and keep you posted. (6/6)

    — Ray Dalio (@RayDalio) January 24, 2021
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  2. Powell has a solution for this. It's to print more money. Dalio is so stupid, all he needs to do is print money.
     
  3. thecoder

    thecoder

    Sarcasm? :)
     
  4. Didn't you hear the past few meetings Powell has insisted he is going to "help" the disadvantaged people of color?!!! He is going to focus and make sure they are employed! Sounds a lot like slavery to me but who am I to judge.
     
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  5. Peter8519

    Peter8519

    Poor? Some even take private jet to storm DC.
     
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  6. If there is a civil war, Dalio will be an automatic general.
     
  7. thecoder

    thecoder

    :D
     
  8. thecoder

    thecoder

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  9. notagain

    notagain

    Everyone yell incoming! We got them outnumbered but once you shoot there's no going home. It's a play called "Firesale"
     
  10. I guess Dalio is trying to plant that seed because literally no one is talking about Civil War, especially not for that reason. Stupid ass Americans are arguing over race hoaxes and other nonsense. In other words, they're at each other's throats only over what the TV tells them to be upset about.
     
    #10     Dec 3, 2021
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