General@lemmygrad.ml to Ask Lemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml · edit-29 months agoAre people with retirement accounts that contain stocks, technically considered petite bourgeoisie due to the nature of the stock market?message-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
arrow-up113arrow-down1message-squareAre people with retirement accounts that contain stocks, technically considered petite bourgeoisie due to the nature of the stock market?General@lemmygrad.ml to Ask Lemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml · edit-29 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareRonin_5@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-29 months agoNo, because if you buy stocks with the money you save up from working, then you can never buy a significant amount to matter. Similarly, you cannot affect US policy by voting. L Chances are, if you are working class, the majority of your wealth would be in real estate. Ref chart 1b. https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/who-counts-as-a-retail-investor-2020-12-17
No, because if you buy stocks with the money you save up from working, then you can never buy a significant amount to matter.
Similarly, you cannot affect US policy by voting. L
Chances are, if you are working class, the majority of your wealth would be in real estate.
Ref chart 1b.
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/who-counts-as-a-retail-investor-2020-12-17