• @LibreHans
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    145 hours ago

    Ah yes, let’s attack our neighbors who try to save their money, and let’s ignore the bankers and politicians who created the system that incentivizes this behavior.

    • @Specal
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      164 hours ago

      This whole argument of peoples pension funds being the largest shareholders in a company is bizarre. https://www.blackrock.com/institutions/en-us/insights/public-pensions-survey pensions are owning less and less of the stock markets every year, become less and less relevant. Institutions like blackrock however are growing. Consistently.

      Like mate your neighbour Barry isn’t calling into the shareholders meeting to criticise the CEO for paying $0.05 an hour over minimum wage the the receptionist.

      • @LibreHans
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        -73 hours ago

        Institutions like blackrock however are growing. Consistently.

        Ah yes, let’s blame blackrock who provides a service for our neighbors who want to protect their wealth and invest, and let’s ignore the bankers and politicians who created the system that incentivizes this behavior.

        • @Specal
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          83 hours ago

          You keep repeating bankers and politicians but don’t seem to be going into much detail. Which politicians? Which bankers? When did your neighbours get enough money to invest through blackrock and when did they become billionaires?

          • @LibreHans
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            -63 hours ago

            What do you mean? Are you going to say politicians didn’t pass the laws that are the foundations of our financial and economic system? Which law are you curious about, then I can look up when it was passed and by who. Blackrock doesn’t gatekeep, anybody can invest with them, you don’t have to be a billionaire.

            • @Specal
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              43 hours ago

              You’re the one making the claim bossman, burden of proof is on you

              • @LibreHans
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                01 hour ago

                I need to give you proof that politicians created our laws? Dude…

                • @Specal
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                  023 minutes ago

                  Are you being intentionally obtuse?

        • @[email protected]
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          63 hours ago

          Companies like Blackrock also lobby those politicians with that wealth they’re pretending and investing.

          • @LibreHans
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            -33 hours ago

            Sure, the system feeds itself.

    • @Cryophilia
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      34 hours ago

      Exactly. Stockholders are not the problem - corporate concentration of wealth and power is the problem. Attacking me for having a 401k is just crabs-in-a-bucket mentality.