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Conveniently, the great majority of those everyday people also own (via diversified retirement funds) vaguely-comparable amounts of the stocks of SleazeCo's competitors. So - when the feds ship SleazeCo off to the forced-liquidation slaughterhouse, the stocks of those competitors will rise, reducing the harm to the little folks.

Plus - reduced mass poisoning will improve the long-term prospects for the whole economy, also helping the investments of all those everyday retirees.



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