• @[email protected]
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    47 days ago

    If you banned investing, the rich people who already have money would be the only ones who could afford to open businesses.

    • @[email protected]
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      367 days ago

      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.

      • Pup Biru
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        7 days ago

        also loans still exist regardless of investment like stocks, which is the way most small businesses start anyway

    • @[email protected]
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      147 days ago

      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.