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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish29•8 days agoWhich is why stock trading should be abolished and outlawed.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•8 days agoor at least heavily taxed, which almost never happens because everyone in congress commiting insider trading wouldnt want that.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•7 days agoThe housing market is basically an inverse wealth tax.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•8 days agoIf you banned investing, the rich people who already have money would be the only ones who could afford to open businesses.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish36•8 days agoNot necessarily, no. Other people with common aims would still be able to band together via nonprofits, credit unions, labor unions and the like. It would actually be MUCH more effective once the most effective tool for exploding and concentrating wealth is out of the way.
minus-squarePup BirulinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-28 days agoalso loans still exist regardless of investment like stocks, which is the way most small businesses start anyway
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•8 days agoNo common folk is getting rich thanks to the stock market. Maybe richer if they’re lucky, but let’s not pretend it’s a tool for social mobility. It’s the opposite.
Which is why stock trading should be abolished and outlawed.
or at least heavily taxed, which almost never happens because everyone in congress commiting insider trading wouldnt want that.
The housing market is basically an inverse wealth tax.
If you banned investing, the rich people who already have money would be the only ones who could afford to open businesses.
Not necessarily, no. Other people with common aims would still be able to band together via nonprofits, credit unions, labor unions and the like.
It would actually be MUCH more effective once the most effective tool for exploding and concentrating wealth is out of the way.
also loans still exist regardless of investment like stocks, which is the way most small businesses start anyway
No common folk is getting rich thanks to the stock market. Maybe richer if they’re lucky, but let’s not pretend it’s a tool for social mobility. It’s the opposite.