Through the great depression…

When 9/11 happened…

The 2008 housing crash…

COVID…

On a smaller scale, when the Titanic sank, I’m assuming someone inevitably got rich from the aftermath somehow?

Who are the people/groups that make up history’s must successful parasites? Who “came out on top” in each instance of historical human suffering?

  • RememberTheApollo@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    The already rich.

    If war and they were in the Arms business. Krupp, Nissan, Boeing, etc. Krupp individually as a person.

    If you’re already rich, Depressions/recessions are a fire sale for the rich. They buy up everything they can that suddenly becomes worth more in a few years.