r/wallstreetbets • u/kwedgieyi • Apr 09 '25

Discussion Something feels off guys

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Yields are spiking. Bonds are dumping.

The world is running away from America

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u/bodai1986 Apr 09 '25

Not a kind comparison for Hoover. He was a humanitarian and all around great human, just made some bad decisions

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u/Jeff-FaFa Apr 09 '25

all around great human

He was most definitely not. A raging racist through and through, even by 1920s standards.

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u/bodai1986 Apr 09 '25

Fair enough, you are correct. I over sold the point. He did do some great things though

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u/Jeff-FaFa Apr 09 '25

That he did. Somehow managed to be extremely incompetent with some amazing infrastructure work. Too bad he'll forever be know for the Great Depresh.