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[โ€“] deathbird@mander.xyz 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stock market? The thing where you buy tiny fractional ownership of of a company, too small to influence it, then try to sell that legal construct for a little more to someone else later? Why would you need that at all?

[โ€“] Tedesche@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

As I said, not a fan of it, but the global economy is pretty entrenched in it. Can't just get rid of it cold turkey style.