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Who exactly are the parasites, who is the host, and how did the parasite benefit at the expense of the host?

If the parasites are investment bankers, and the hosts are the investors with 401(k)s, then fine. But that has nothing to do with music.

If GC is the host and the investment bankers are the parasites, that doesn't quite make sense. GC apparently sought out the "parasites" at every turn, and that doesn't sound like a normal parasite/host relationship.

It sounds to me more like a business that just used too much leverage/debt, presumably to grow quickly. That works sometimes, and sometimes collapses. This time it collapsed. The times it works it doesn't make the news.

So what's special about GC?

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