Re:The End of My Childhood
by LegionMammal978 on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @11:02PM
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> The only offramp is someone else (or some exchange) buying your stocks.
So dividends, buybacks, and takeovers don't exist?
> Sure, but that’s my point exactly.
> You need an offramp.
> The only offramp is someone else (or some exchange) buying your fiat.
> They would be the “greater fool” in this case.
> Even if you earn stocks, that stock came from a “lesser fool.”
> You’re just the intermediary.
That’s just not true.
I can purchase food and shelter directly with fiat. (There may be some areas where crypto can do that too, but it’s far from the norm)
That’s not a merchant “buying” my money with other representations of wealth, that’s me purchasing food and shelter. Framing it like that is a bad faith argument.
And yeah, I’d say stocks without dividends is also a greater fool’s game.
> You need an offramp.
> The only offramp is someone else (or some exchange) buying your stocks.
> They would be the “greater fool” in this case.
> Even if you earn stocks, that stock came from a “lesser fool.”
> You’re just the intermediary.