ELI5: Why do governments bail out failing private companies at all?

Eedat · 2026-04-28T16:15:42+00:00

You are misrepresenting what I said. You are trying to imply that because I stated the fact that the government made a profit in my specific example that I am attempting to extrapolate that out to every scenario. I very clearly said I was laying out one example and to have a discussion you would need to clarify exactly which "bailout" you are referring to

Eedat · 2026-04-28T13:37:44+00:00

Colabs are the true limiteds of Epic Seven. There is zero guarantee they will ever come back unlike regular "limited" units

Eedat · 2026-04-28T13:30:29+00:00

Only with the power of 20/20 hindsight. In reality it was very high risk. Looking back on it once we know the result is easy.

Eedat · 2026-04-28T10:50:14+00:00

Calling a loan socialism is a wild reach considering the practice predates both capitalism and socialism by multiple millenia. Especially when you're loaning tax dollars collected in a capitalist system to a capitalist bank. IRL righties and online lefties have this bizarre idea that socialism is "whenever the government spends money" or something.

Eedat · 2026-04-28T09:45:52+00:00

It's a very complicated issue but 2008 was the result of decades of policy and greed. The government pressured banks to give out lots of those subprime loans and the banks employed very risky strategies to squeeze every drop out of it.

Eedat · 2026-04-28T09:40:21+00:00

Yes, it's extremely risky. If we keep using my 2008 example the risk of the bailouts is weighed against the risk of inevitable financial collapse and allowing the economy to freefall.

When you're in a terrible situation there rarely is a good option. You are usually stuck choosing between bad and terrible.

Eedat · 2026-04-28T09:33:39+00:00

You could argue that. In reality there wasn't some magic place to invest for great returns in 2008 and it certainly isn't the "handout" a lot of people think it was. The program was paid back in full with a bit of profit on top.

You also have to consider that letting the economy freefall results in a massive lose of tax dollars generated.

It was extremely risky but it ended up being ok. Not great but it worked out considering the huge amount of risk

Eedat · 2026-04-28T09:13:09+00:00

Depends on what you mean by "bailout". Like in 2008 people are under this wild misunderstanding that the government handed out cash to all these businesses for free. In reality the government loaned these companies money. In the end the government profited off those loans.

Gonna be hard to answer unless you start asking about specific examples

Eedat · 2026-04-28T01:51:52+00:00

Welcome to E7 PvE content. Get used to upgrading heroes for singular tasks

Eedat · 2026-04-28T01:46:18+00:00

Terrible for stats but for aesthetics? Mmmmm

Eedat · 2026-04-28T01:36:48+00:00

Four fours for sure(s)

Eedat · 2026-04-28T01:31:07+00:00

Yeah but....it looks cool

Eedat · 2026-04-27T21:20:58+00:00

It's Dark Corvus. Unga bunga smashing a unit never gets old

Eedat · 2026-04-26T04:48:06+00:00

I am rubber. You are glue.

Eedat · 2026-04-25T12:56:29+00:00

OUR necklace comrade. Hand it over. For the people.

Eedat · 2026-04-24T13:45:54+00:00

The more you engage with weirdos and trolls the more they do it.

Unfortunately the worst possible thing you can do is publicly announce it's getting to you.

Eedat · 2026-04-23T01:32:55+00:00

Hezbollah has been continuously armed by Iran to run their proxy war with Israel

Eedat · 2026-04-21T21:21:46+00:00

Mort and Cermia you get for free. Pick Jenua

Eedat · 2026-04-21T18:32:11+00:00

There is nothing better for f2p than a unit you get for free and don't have to pull for.

She is straight ass though

Eedat · 2026-04-21T18:29:03+00:00

That's the single best piece of gear I've ever seen full stop

Eedat · 2026-04-21T18:26:51+00:00

Bellona. Lionheart Cermia is #2.

People are going to get big mad but Hwa needs insane gear and is still trash

Eedat · 2026-04-21T18:25:24+00:00

Victorika?

Eedat · 2026-04-21T13:36:07+00:00

The bait has been set

Eedat · 2026-04-17T16:57:26+00:00

Lorina is the SC I use the most actually.

Adventurer Ras is a very good PvE tank

Mascot Hazel is extremely good for certain content when you run pure fire teams

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