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		intuitionist on Jan 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: John C. Bogle Has Died Matt Bruenig has a joke that the reason he named his company Vanguard is that it’s the vanguard of socialism.

pbreit on Jan 17, 2019 [–]

I don’t get it.

intuitionist on Jan 17, 2019 | | [–]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguardism

(The company is actually named after Lord Nelson's flagship at the Nile, but who's counting?)

pm90 on Jan 17, 2019 | | [–]

van·guard /ˈvanˌɡärd/ noun noun: vanguard; plural noun: vanguards

a group of people leading the way in new developments or ideas.

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