I think most people, even liberals and leftists, underestimate just how dumb and shortsighted finance bros are. They may be good with math, but they are genuinely colossally dumb. - ThreadSky

davidoatkins.bsky.social • 60 days ago

I think most people, even liberals and leftists, underestimate just how dumb and shortsighted finance bros are.

They may be good with math, but they are genuinely colossally dumb.

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It's almost like they didn't want to believe he has dementia, then realized hoo boy, the man's demented, but now it's too late.

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nineteenateease.bsky.social•60 days ago

How folks equate wealth with intelligence is mind boggling.

lonnietoft.bsky.social•60 days ago

And being almost exclusively white males from privileged backgrounds and Fox News junkies as well as just a polite amount of racist makes them as dumb as every MAGA rube in a diner that trusted the idiot that told them the schools are giving their kids sex change operations.

candyman718.bsky.social•60 days ago

Every one of them really thought the whole tariff thing was just a bargaining chip. Some still do.

powers178.bsky.social•60 days ago

Anyone have a BINGO yet?

patfeb55.bsky.social•60 days ago

"Man, woman, uhhhhh..."

alex.vitreous.rocks•60 days ago

They are prone to optimizing on the wrong variable. A classic fail.

layzieyez.bsky.social•60 days ago

The only safeguards against such a completely senile leader like that is Congress and the Supreme Court, but they also chose to populate those posts with equally inept people.

dmandl.bsky.social•60 days ago

Many of them are not even good with math.

tcar2000.bsky.social•60 days ago

💯% true!

snakeslefteye.bsky.social•60 days ago

Came here to say this.

exaldear.bsky.social•60 days ago

Most are bloody nepo babies not good with math.

pruitigoe.bsky.social•60 days ago

They are single focused types…money…these dudes haven’t cracked a book since college…

emilyngh.bsky.social•60 days ago

Don’t know if it’s exactly dumb, but they worship money. So anyone who has money is clearly good with money (to them), so they trusted Trump based purely on his money (okay this is pretty dumb).

shellylay.bsky.social•60 days ago

They want tax cuts and deregulation. That’s it. Nothing else really matters.

keynesaddiction.bsky.social•60 days ago

In order to pay taxes, you have to make a profit, not lose money. They didnt think things through.

deanbooth.bsky.social•60 days ago

1rustywriter.bsky.social•60 days ago

Many tech, math, finance types (almost all men) have little to no emotional intelligence, very little imagination beyond their very specific niche. I’ve worked with hundreds.

experimental22.bsky.social•60 days ago

Many aren’t even good at math. They just were good at lacrosse in college.

bumblebee245.bsky.social•60 days ago

🙋‍♀️ True. Family member is precious metals commodities trader for over 20 yrs on Wall St. I am always amazed at his ignorance in everything else - although he is not aware of it AT ALL

ghep.bsky.social•60 days ago

Meanwhile us peons out here got wise like 10 years ago.

wayofthelotus.bsky.social•60 days ago

These last ten years have taught me a lot of the uber-wealthy are colossally dumb and billionaires don't know much beyond a very narrow scope. No one should have imposter syndrome again ever.

louisamiller.bsky.social•60 days ago

And there's arrogance. They were unconcerned about pesky things like rule of law. But, they were dumb to not recognize part of the stability of markets depended on rule of law.

mervivante.bsky.social•60 days ago

Or maybe they're just manipulating the markets.

mrlinas.bsky.social•60 days ago

They’re specialists who for the most part aren’t even that great. It’s like realtors. Some really good ones but majority is just middling the transaction with no added value.

travishampton.bsky.social•60 days ago

😂 truth

charliemas.bsky.social•60 days ago

Every single one of them is a sucker for confirmation bias.

Every. Single. One.

They believed what they wanted to believe.

dbdant.bsky.social•60 days ago

Gamblers always believe they can somehow, some way, beat the house.

noleskum.bsky.social•60 days ago

They are good at accounting, not math.

dixreloaded.bsky.social•60 days ago

are they? good with math? computer does math for them now

genniferwithaj.bsky.social•60 days ago

Wasnt enough for them that he is a felon and a rapist

ukrainewarpod.bsky.social•60 days ago

Finance math is so incredibly easy. Enough with this nonsense.

poet521x.bsky.social•60 days ago

We've fooled ourselves into thinking the Wall Street bros are the smartest people in the country...

iamqotl.bsky.social•60 days ago

They’re not good at maths.
A mathematician is akin to a sharp-shooter. Think Jude Law in Enemy at the Gates
A finance bro is Tony Montana high on coke with a machine gun.

she11ibe11i.bsky.social•60 days ago

“Methamaticians.”

kristajacobsen.bsky.social•60 days ago

Like, I'm just a regular person who wasn't really into politics or finance, and even I knew from the get go that the man is an idiot. How stupid and bad at business do you have to be to bankrupt casinos??! But sure, sounds like the PERFECT guy to give all of the power! What could possibly go wrong?

libtilend.bsky.social•60 days ago

Stop trying to blame this shit on dementia. The man is a fucken moron. He bankrupted casinos for Christ sakes.

wmjkmom.bsky.social•60 days ago

The old thing just makes him more moronic, not more excused.

lefabe666.bsky.social•60 days ago

He’s a moron but also a psycho.

vudu-yudu.bsky.social•60 days ago

Plenty of evidence he’s been like that his entire life.

rolodexpropaganda.bsky.social•60 days ago

Anyone who has spent a good amount of time in NYC knows this, though…

theinfoministry.bsky.social•60 days ago

Oh man, just standing behind them waiting for a train, hearing them talk among themselves, is a horror story of stupidity and recklessness.

alphanerd1.bsky.social•60 days ago

Maybe a 50/50 that if too many of the wrong people lose too much money and start to lose control, the mad king will get “Kennedy-d”.

theinfoministry.bsky.social•60 days ago

I worked on Wall Street in tech. I think even people who believe themselves to have a good grasp of how dumb and shortsighted they are, seriously underestimate it.

grammateemo.bsky.social•60 days ago

How to END Trump regime:
1. House IMPEACHES
2. Senate CONVICTS with 2/3 Votes

- Trump's 2nd impeachment was only short 10 votes.
- VOTE OUT THE COWARDS in the House and Senate.

#stopfascism #stoptrump #impeachconvict #antiking

https://youtu.be/2YDTU9lGcz8?si=y5C7FAbhtLRdB1q2

ralphtheewiggum.bsky.social•60 days ago

Anyone who has met these guys, or has worked with them, or knows someone who has worked with them, will tell you this. Finance is a jobs program for 2.1 GPA frat guys, and all the trappings that come with 2.1 GPA frat guys.

keynesaddiction.bsky.social•60 days ago

I have an MBA and my concentration was Finance. And an Econ major, which most people cant do.

bumblebee245.bsky.social•60 days ago

Oh no. Most people totally can. Business degrees are so freaking easy. Classrooms filled with shallow dumbasses who think the work is SO hard & important, but for everyone else they are easy A’s. It’s rolling our eyes so much during class that becomes a little painful after a bit.

ralphtheewiggum.bsky.social•60 days ago

swarb96.bsky.social•60 days ago

There are no leftists, none, anywhere.
Being to the left of these cunts leaves you all centre to moderate right at most.
It’s a lying narrative he’s spun, stop playing his game.

blugolds34.bsky.social•60 days ago

Unfathomable

swmark78.bsky.social•60 days ago

If they were the good at math they would either be accountants or mathematicians.

agill99.bsky.social•60 days ago

Why do you assume (despite all evidence) they're good at math too?

yukonhcornelius.bsky.social•60 days ago

CEOs are not finance bros.

The Pillow Guy is a CEO.

mrmoa.bsky.social•60 days ago

Rich people in general are very dumb. They are insulated from their mistakes and surrounded by ass kissers. Even if you started smart, that situation will make you dumb.

noteom.bsky.social•60 days ago

pretty sure they have a short list of deliverables and just thought they'd figure out the rest later

pretty sure if you research autocracies you'll find a whole list of industrialists who thought they could control this or that guy

adrame.bsky.social•60 days ago

What a surprise that someone who excels at math would be a poor judge of character.

aluckybastard.bsky.social•60 days ago

Dumb, douchey, misogynistic dickheads.

statman-stu.bsky.social•60 days ago

Not dumb! This is what right-wing media & their falsehoods, spread over a generation, do to finance folks. They start to believe tax cuts pay for themselves (BS), regulations are onerous & aren’t coated in blood, & that the GOP is better for biz (more BS). They all listen to it & most swear by it!

sunshine3031.bsky.social•60 days ago

Dad would call "an edu-ma-cated dummy" Then he'd say, "Ain't got sense God gave a goose," meaning no common sense. Turns out, geese are smart, fly in V for easier flying, change head when tired, & if 1 goes down, 2 go w/it to care for or stay till it dies. DAD was a smart goose w/common sense!

rockwils1.bsky.social•60 days ago

bengreen.bsky.social•60 days ago

Your math can only be as good as your assumptions, and dumbasses make dumbass assumptions.

trexcapades.bsky.social•60 days ago

Even if Trump completely course corrects on tariffs, the trauma will remain and investors will be very hesitant to take risks.

Moreover, he's trying to destroy every institution that makes America great. The economic warfare he is waging on this country goes far beyond tariffs.

More pain ahead.

pattersonestate.bsky.social•60 days ago

Nah, I remember the “bros” in college in the business school. They’re not the brightest.

curtislowe.bsky.social•60 days ago

It doesn't take brains to get rich, it takes a complete disregard of your fellow man.

snakeman49.bsky.social•60 days ago

And naïve

stevestarr.bsky.social•60 days ago

If only they had been warned!

avsolutions.bsky.social•60 days ago

Oh you silly little man. US leftists realize that for the corpos who actually run this country, you can chalk up everything they do to being stupid or evil.

lfeatfan.bsky.social•60 days ago

Trump is a failed businessman, weren't you paying attention. This guy knows nothing about economics and the global economy. So how long do you support bad policies?

earlc.bsky.social•60 days ago

Finance bros are the only experts we actually shouldn’t trust

1000bookslater.bsky.social•60 days ago

Summoning Zombie J.K. Galbraith to the mic😺

roninchaos.bsky.social•60 days ago

And yet they STILL voted for him cause they thought possible deregulation and tax cuts were worth the risk. Now the super rich may have to switch from four cheese lasagne to just three cheese lasagne!

basiccitygirl.bsky.social•60 days ago

they thought they could buy him off

jamaral1575.bsky.social•60 days ago

This story is from June 2024. He's only gotten worse.

georgeordavid.bsky.social•60 days ago

About the only good thing about all this is I never hear my MAGA coworkers talking politics anymore. The first two weeks there was tons of enthusiasm; they were all stoked. But they haven't had a single win for the past while. Just loser headlines one after another.

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