I need to think about it some.

I don’t think I like this guy.

The 2008 crisis was a result of predatory lending practices and mortgage backed securities that were full of subprime mortgages and other toxic assets, and a burst real estate bubble. I don’t think it was a tech bubble like the dotcom bust.

Enron claimed to have some vague new means of lowering costs, acquiring revenue, and making the line go up. It would have been transformative for the power industry if it wasn’t straight-up fraud.

Well, they were gaming the rules in the California energy market. They were doing shit like causing blackouts so they could price gouge.

You’re welcome.

Tech bubbles come in two varieties: The ones that leave something behind, and the ones that leave nothing behind. Sometimes, it can be hard to guess what kind of bubble you’re living through until it pops and you find out the hard way.

Contrast that bubble with, say, cryptocurrency/NFTs, or the complex financial derivatives that led up to the 2008 financial crisis. These crises left behind very little reusable residue.

The 2008 financial crisis was not the result of a “tech” bubble.

By blurring the line between the two you are at beist either legitimizing anti-Semitism or pushing towards a totalitarian mindset where political ideologies cannot be challenged

How am I blurring the line?
What did I say that made it more difficult for you or anyone else to determine what is anti-Zionism and what is antisemitism?
Did I suggest some change to the definition of what constitutes something being labeled one or the other?
Did I suggest a method for determining what is antisemitic or anti-Zionist?
Did I make a false statement?

It was a statement. Why do you find it so upsetting that something antisemitic might also be called anti-Zionist?

Things not being mutually exclusive is a pretty fucking moot argument.

It’s not an argument.

Anti-Zionism and antisemitism are not the same thing, but neither are they mutually exclusive.

Did we used to conduct war in a way that was safe for civilians?

No.

I’m not aware of that history. The war in Gaza looks like war to me.

The Israelis say they are prosecuting a war against Hamas.

How many members of Hamas have been killed? How many remain?

I will preface this by saying that there are risks to being openly involved.

There are people work to avoid taking actions that may benefit Israel:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions

https://bdsmovement.net/get-involved/what-to-boycott

I bet you’re right. There is probably a lot of people who are in denial.

I watched Citizenfour recently, and it is remarkable how little has changed. I wonder whether people have forgotten or they just don’t care.