Stocks should still be abolished, but billionaires first.

I trade stocks. I'm not a capitalist.

I don't want to have to work, but I want there to not be billionaires even more. Tax wealth not work.

Also if you’re not participating in shareholders meetings, proposing resolutions and voting on them, then you’re not even really owning the stock in any meaningful way. You’re just holding a virtual piece of paper hoping the number goes up.

Don’t know if they’re still doing it but a small IBM shareholder used to annually table a motion that all payments to political parties and individuals be explained, and the board kept recommending a “No” vote.

Gritty down 3-0 right now though, needs a miracle

I trade stocks, I hate billionaires. We're all deeply contrarian animals if you examine things using only absolutes.

edit: I should make a post about this somewhere, but you can really directly correlate the pantheon of ancient greece to the stock market. Corporations are immortal entites that are not subject to human law. Stock prices have inflated far beyond the value of their goods and services and instead represent belief in that company. it's a bit discouraging, I guess is why I wouldn't post about it.

Maybe a useful distinction to be had between “capitalist class” and “enthusiasts for the capitalist system”

The word is used for both of those things.

Gritty has no soul. Believe not his lies.

What does participating in the system we've been forced into have anything to do with class solidarity with the billionaires?

you're petite-bourgeious!

Actually yeah it does. If your stock pays dividend you are getting a share of the workers labour.

If you own stocks you actually share some material interests with billionaires. You have to actually choose to act against parts your own interests when you support thr end of capitalism. So in part, you might have class solidarity with billionaires. And lets be real, in many rich countries exactly that is a problem.

Actually, can someone help me figure this out? Like should individuals be investing in other things that aren't stocks to loosen the grip of capital ever so slightly. Like for example, should I be investing with a local credit union or something like that? Should I not be investing at all? Baby anarchist just trying to learn, thank you 😊

Yeah nah, I am not joining the rent seeking class just because some meme says so.

Said the billionaire's puppet.