• barneypiccolo@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    My 25 year old son has talked about how many of his friends throughout school and college were devastated by the 2008 crash, and their families never fully recovered. We were one of those families. At the time, we lived in the county that had more foreclosures than anywhere else in the nation.

    And yet there has hardly been any discussion of the extensive human damage that was done. Profitable businesses got bailed out, but nothing for people whose houses and vehicles were taken, credit ratings destroyed, jobs lost, etc.

  • PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social
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    1 month ago

    They got revenge on those who intentionally crashed our economy dragging the corrupt bankers hedge fund managers and politicians responsible to the streets, stripping them naked and whipping them until they learned the lesson : The People will not abide their usury anymore.

    Or did we just give them more of our money ?

    I forget.

  • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
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    1 month ago

    For me it’s simple: I lost my planned career. I was going to be a librarian. The money to give me a scholarship dried up. So I pulled myself together, bopped through decent jobs for a decade or so, and now have a career.

  • kinther@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I spent most of my time gaming and not going out. Frozen pizzas, top ramen, bulk stuff to keep costs down.

  • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
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    In 2008 before the crash I was coerced into buying a house I couldn’t afford by an ex. Back then, they would give mortgages to anyone with a pulse, and no that’s not good. It should be good but in the context of that moment it was really really bad. After the crash the house went under water metaphorically and literally and totally ruined my life. Don’t do things you don’t want to do folks, trust your gut.