• explodicle@local106.com
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    11 months ago

    Serious question: What ought to be a financial investment? Nothing? Points that are otherwise worthless?

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      11 months ago

      Anything that is meant to be consumed should not be an investment, anything that in an ideal society should be cheaper to purchase for the betterment of that society, should not be an investment.

      Companies that produce those things, ideally better or more efficient every year for various reasons, those should be investments.

      We should invest in banana farmers, not bananas. Likewise we should invest in construction companies, not houses.

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      11 months ago

      Why do you think you need to invest in anything? It’s a gamble or a guarantee depending on the amount of money someone has at the beginning. If you’re rich your money will make money without producing anything. If you’re poor you might lose it all. This idea that you need to invest benefits the rich far more then the poor.