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0 pointsr00fus3y ago0 comments

Just a nitpick but

s/decimated/devastated/

Decimated means 10% death rate (usually as an brutal lesson). Did stocks lose 10% or did 10% of stocks just get liquidated?

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Just a nitpick but you're making an etymological fallacy.

The word "decimate" is explicitly mentioned in the article above.

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0 pointsr00fus3y ago0 comments

Just a nitpick but

s/decimated/devastated/

Decimated means 10% death rate (usually as an brutal lesson). Did stocks lose 10% or did 10% of stocks just get liquidated?

Just a nitpick but you're making an etymological fallacy.

The word "decimate" is explicitly mentioned in the article above.

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