Ask Lemmygrad

1350 readers

53 users here now

A place to ask questions of Lemmygrad's best and brightest

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

Shaggy0291@lemmygrad.ml

GrainEater@lemmygrad.ml

SovereignState@lemmygrad.ml

QueerCommie@lemmygrad.ml

yogthos@lemmygrad.ml

Is being a shareholder bad? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by fatur0000new@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml

21 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Right now my health is not so stable meanwhile I need money. I doubt I can work like many people in the near future and what I can do is make stock investment or something like that.

Since I am not a socialist let alone a communist, I would like to ask you, my communist friends, for your opinion on this. And if you have any moral advice or a better solution, I'd love to hear it.

I am sorry if my English is bad.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's bourgeoisifying. If there can be said to be a "middle class" it's workers that own properties and shares.

That doesn't make it "bad" because class relations aren't moral, but it does muddy our class interests. After all, once a worker is invested in the market, they gain an interest in the market's performance and in the success of their class enemies.