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Re:Ask HN: How to prosper under negative interest rates? by wejowejfoiwejf on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @02:08PM (#22740500)
>You need to let go of the idea that it is immoral.

>Buy a house and when you can buy a bigger house. Put your money in the growth part of the stock market (technology ... big names like Apple and Amazon is good).

Your advice is sound, but I still argue that the system is extremely immoral. Consider what this mindset has done to the environment. The reality of Keynesianism is that by allowing the government to manipulate the market via inflation, we have encouraged a massive over-consumption of resources. People who would have otherwise saved their money and been satisfied with their current rate consumption are essentially threatened into spending their money faster. But hey, the system's worked for 87 years and only created the least equitable distribution of wealth ever seen on Earth, so I'm sure it will work for the next 87.

Re:Ask HN: How to prosper under negative interest rates? by pjc50 on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @04:37PM (#22742261)
Blaming consumerism on Keynesianism rather than, say, advertising and the profit motive is a hell of a bizarre take.
Re:Ask HN: How to prosper under negative interest rates? by zemvpferreira on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @03:19PM (#22741363)
Serfdom and slavery would like to have a word with you about inequality.
Re:Ask HN: How to prosper under negative interest rates? by viklove on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @04:36PM (#22742253)
Please explain to me how wage-workers are different from serfs.