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Among the hundreds of messages that poured in, an alarming cohort spoke to the vicious cycle of online hatred they see and the isolation they feel on social media.

That builds camaraderie among team members but leaves these traders alienated and in vicious competition with others, even those at their own firms.

“It’s a war of big ideas. It’s a revolution, it’s a world war and it’s a brutal, ugly, vicious, 18th century war.”

In policy terms, the result is the vicious circle that is New York: Democrats raise taxes or subsidize something people don’t want.

After a particularly vicious beating, “the officers were held upright so they could be beaten some more.”