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They just have not considered the massive shareholder value being captured, which under capitalism is certainly guaranteed to trickle down, as it had been histo
by dude250711 5mo ago
They just have not considered the massive shareholder value being captured, which under capitalism is certainly guaranteed to trickle down, as it had been historically proven time after time.
- internet_points 5mo ago</s> ?
- spacechild1 5mo agoThe parent comment was so sarcastic, it actually defeats Poe's law.
- overrun11 5mo agoMost Americans directly own stocks and a college graduate is even more likely to. This isn't the 1860's so a lot of these critiques of capitalism are anachronistic. The reality is "shareholders" are fairly ordinary people and not a tiny and mysterious group of elites.
- spacechild1 5mo agoFirst, trickle-down economics is a modern neo-liberal concept. Second, most people just do not earn enough to invest a significant amount of money in stocks. It's a system that largely benefits the rich. The more money you already have, the more you can invest.