Anonymous amethyst_headphone51 18w

U can't be serious why not buy stocks?

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Anonymous #1 18w

Dividends come from revenue that was generated from other people’s labor, not my ownership. In a better system, those funds would go to the people who actually created that wealth instead of the people who buy a ticket to take it from them. I don’t want to buy into a system I believe is fundamentally parasitic in nature.

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Ideally yes, profit wouldn’t exist. But we have to work with the world in which we currently live. Trade stock or don’t. Buy ethically, buy less, and by god get organized.

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Anonymous #1 18w

My personally reason for not trading is because it’s a. stress-inducing, and b. just gambling by another name. And gambling is more fun when you actually go gamble for real. Blackjack dealers hate to see me coming

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Anonymous boariskarloff 18w

By that definition anything is gambling though. Owning money is gambling because value changes. Some ways of investing are gambling for sure but just invest and leave overtime not rly gambling imo

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Anonymous #1 18w

“Owning money is gambling because value changes” you’re seeing the light #1

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Anonymous boariskarloff 18w

Buddy by that definition owning anything is gambling

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This made me jiggle

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Anonymous #7 18w

Me when I rely on exploitation for my own personal gains

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Anonymous #5 18w

This made me wriggle

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Anonymous #5 18w

Any company with stocks valuable enough to be trading relies on exploitation to boost their stock value. When you buy those stocks you profit off the exploitation of the workers and reinforce the ideas of capitalism

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Anonymous amethyst_headphone51 18w

There are plenty of companies that don’t issue dividends though

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Anonymous boariskarloff 18w

So you’d rather pander to fascism?

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Anonymous amethyst_headphone51 18w

This situation is black and white. You either fuck people over or you don’t. Ignorance is not an excuse

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Anonymous OP 18w

Yeah, that’s absolutely what I meant. /s

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Anonymous #1 18w

I guess the only “non-gambling” might be to hold precious metals and other hard assets. And actually keep them yourself, not through some ETF that might not be fully backed

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Anonymous boariskarloff 18w

Stop treating Nazis with respect and stand up for people for once in your life

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And the people furthering capitalism are just fucking wrong

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Anonymous OP 18w

You are going to convince zero people by interacting with them in this way. Get real

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And those trading stocks have absolutely zero moral justification

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What about investing in companies that give stock as part of employee compensation?

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Ahhh nice!

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