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He was fully aware that the high-frequency traders were preying on investors, and that the exchanges and brokers were being paid to help them to do it. He refused to feel morally outraged or self-righteous about any of it. “I would ask the question, ‘On the savannah, are the hyenas and the vultures the bad guys?’ ” he said. “We have a boom in carcasses on the savannah. So what? It’s not their fault. The opportunity is there.” To Don’s way of thinking, you were never going to change human nature—though you might alter the environment in which it expressed itself.
Robert
A good quote / analogy on how this (high-frequency trading / scalping) is just something that follows the law of nature
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Reading https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... now. He gets kind of close to making this case as well. Basically, there will be stuff in the world that you don't like, but deal with it; it's not goi…
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
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