Re:How Children Lost the Right to Roam in Just 4 Generations
by molsongolden on Thursday February 02, 2017 @07:52AM
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Take it further. Why are you a shareholder? Why are so many people shareholders? Investing for retirement is pushed heavily and incentivized by the government but is it for our own good or is it to provide liquidity in the financial game? If you are pushed to invest then you have skin in the game and are a shareholder who wants to increase corporate profits. This puts you almost directly at odds with all non-shareholders who are negatively affected by increasing profits.
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Re:How Children Lost the Right to Roam in Just 4 Generations
by witty_username on Thursday February 02, 2017 @11:03AM
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People are shareholders to make money.
> This puts you almost directly at odds with all non-shareholders who are negatively affected by increasing profits.
Economics is not zero-sum. Few people such as competitors will be negatively affected, but for the average person there will be little impact. For example, if Google makes more profits I am hardly impacted.