this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2024
1021 points (98.1% liked)

Memes

45887 readers
1371 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

And no, the 6.134258 shares of Apple in your 401K don't make you an owner, lol.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And no, the 6.134258 shares of Apple in your 401K don't make you an owner, lol.

Thank you for saying this. It's very frustrating when people act like having retirement savings makes you like billionaires.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

This is 100% by design. The only way to retire in this economy is to invest in an exploitative business. So over time, people find themselves supporting ideas that make retirements in general farther away, but their own retirement nicer.