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orbital-technician t1_j22s3ka wrote

Oil is required for most plastics and met coal is required for iron smelting, so I doubt either is going anywhere in our lifetimes. Sure, energy sources will be diversified, but we can't abandon either industry today or the foreseeable future.

Tobacco might go away. Medical insurance should go away. Hedge funds will exist, as they are simply active investment groups that "hedge" risk. Leveraged and derivative investments might be more highly regulated and less common.

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gizamo t1_j22t2a8 wrote

I agree with all of that. My point wasn't that any are going away, only that their lives would be much harder if Dems got their way more often...oh, except medical insurance; I agree with you on that as well. I was suggesting they could disappear.

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