• AA5B@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    Why should they be stopped by the government? That assumes the stock market should be logical and predictable but why should that be true? It’s all speculation, just a step above gambling, and people should be allowed to.

    Tesla is a great example. Its stock has never been at an expected level for their revenue or profit. It’s all speculation about their potential to disrupt the car market (which they have), and predictions like 50% growth per year. Even now, self-driving and artificial intelligence seem a bit far fetched to most of us, but if they happen will be very disruptive.

    But yes , politicians should have required ethics standards, including banning insider training. The rest of us have to: how does it make sense for our leaders to have lower ethical standards than everyone else?

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      16 days ago

      It should be forced to be logical and predictable because Capitalists have made it so the stock market is the only way to really save for retirement.

      Our society and economy shouldn’t be a fun game for the whales to win at the expense of the rest of us.