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minus-squareBuske@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up87arrow-down1·2 天前You just described the US stock market.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down5·2 天前Which is why stock trading should be abolished and outlawed.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 天前or at least heavily taxed, which almost never happens because everyone in congress commiting insider trading wouldnt want that.
minus-squarelolrightythen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 天前The housing market is basically an inverse wealth tax.
minus-squareSheeEttin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down22·2 天前If you banned investing, the rich people who already have money would be the only ones who could afford to open businesses.
minus-squarefloquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·2 天前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.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down4·2 天前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.
minus-squarePup Biru@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 天前also loans still exist regardless of investment like stocks, which is the way most small businesses start anyway
minus-squareP03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 天前 If you banned investing gambling
You just described the US stock market.
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.
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.
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