A Boring Dystopia

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Why aren't we all getting rich from compound interest? (youtu.be)

submitted 1 day ago by lobut@lemmy.ca to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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Just let your wealth compound over time and you'll be a millionaire, the advice goes. If this is true why aren't more people rich?UNDERSTAND, SHARE & PUSH BACK

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That’s because what it takes is time, a resource we are all limited on.

And patience, a quality most people lack.

[–] TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Systemic failures aren't character flaws.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Go knit that on a pillow, friend.

It's not an argument. It's a platitude.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

It's a statement of fact, you're just butthurt because it's a fact that completely destroys your delusional bootstraps bullshit