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[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

That's not venture capitalism, that's just regular fraud

[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not all fraud is venture capitalism, but all venture capitalism is fraud.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

ding ding ding we have our winner for "understanding how the world works"

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 weeks ago

You just opened your own venture capital firm

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 weeks ago

It's also missing the punchline where they're both bulls, so they don't produce milk.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Always has been

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago

Saw this and immediately thought it was about “tucows”.

I’m old. ish.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

did anyone else get thrown off by how they hypenated intermediary because cows?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

Hey dad can i have 20$

10 dollars?! What do you need 5$ for?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I love using venture capitalism counting! It's what I use when I'm using the self checkout.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Fractional Reserve Banking really do be that way. And it could be OK with stronger protections against bankers being able to ~~bribe~~ lobby politicians with funnymoney, or pay themselves exorbitant compensations. The supply of currency has to grow with the economy's growing productive capacity, and its better if government spending isn't the only way new currency comes to exist.