r/interestingasfuck • u/Key_Performer_3645 • 21h ago

Robert Downey Jr, visiting Wall Street back in 1992 and being horrified after only staying there for 5 minutes

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u/ShinyBredLitwick 11h ago

people fail to realize just how connected this kind of stock trading is/was to 9/11. and this place was chosen as a target because it represented the global economy.

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u/Prismaryx 9h ago

From some perspectives, greed more than the economy

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u/DeadInternetTheorist 7h ago

Has there been a meaningful difference in the last 45 years?