They werent the only people to panic, though. 
Everyone was busy unloading everything they could. 

Satosora

Tea Party on the right
Occupy Wall Street on the left

Edit: and Bitcoin quietly gestating outside it all. How could I forget.

Any wonder why the Tea Party formed after 2008 financial crisis?  Why populism became popular after 2009?


Bell_curve

I'll never forget the fall of 2008, watching the president from the supposed free market party socialize our economy in the span of a few weeks. 

siggy47

econ

Remembering Nixon’s Wage and Price Controls

"As President George W. Bush put it in 2008, sometimes you have to “abandon free-market principles to save the free-market system.”"
Its funny how they impose these on the people under them, especially when as a president there is no wage increase. 
