Say company B wants to buy company A. Company A is worth $20B, but the buyer doesn't have that much, and the original owners/shareholders want to get paid. So Company A takes out a $20B loan, paying out the original owners, making that company worth $zero. Now Company B gets it - it's still worth zero because of the fat loan, but now Company B is the owner. I don't feel like anybody got taken advantage of in this financing model.

In fact, this is pretty close to what happens in the US real estate market. When I buy a house I take out a loan against that house. It's non-recourse, so it's very much like the house borrowed the money, not me. In any case, I got the house with a lot less money than the purchase price. Sometimes nearly zero from me in fact.

I do understand why people get angry about what often happens next - layoffs and such - but I think that's very independent of the financing used to purchase the company. The acquirer could pay all cash using money from it's own bank account, and then still lay a bunch of people off - and in fact that often happens.

Are BBS's still a thing?

That's more like stalemate, not zugzwang.

Edit: Pardon my idiocy. Stalemate is obviously not a loss in chess. So I guess that no-pass go is like neither of these things.

In zugzwang you have legal moves - just none are good for you and all lead to a loss given perfect play.

There is no such safeguard among publicly run, financed, incented, funded, etc companies or organizations. Their outputs can remain less valuable than their inputs over an indefinite period of time.

Stay focused on earning more money and don't spend any more time than you need to watching expenses - just so long as you save/ivnest plenty. You'll enjoy life a lot more.

"They likely share an agnostic worldview and identify as heterosexual. Their clothing is casual, and their interests revolve around skateboarding, music, and hanging out. Given their age and attire, they likely lean towards a liberal political affiliation. They display signs of classism and ageism, with potential for racial profiling and stereotype threat." - Wow, really?! Were the system instructions asking to be as judgmental as possible?

Also it's a blatant ad considering the source.

Note that if you want to be the answer, then you have to prioritize other things than the technology. You can have the best product, but if nobody knows about it you're stuck.

However good this new thing might be, however much better it might be than git - I don't like it's chances.

Then you could take advantage of the deep simulation capability, not worring about traffic and things like that - for your Bookstore Tycoon or Donut Tycoon franchise.