[toomuchtodo]

> Sounds great, except when too many people do it.

It's a self regulating system. The more money that flows into investments, the lower returns will be pushed, causing more money to be required to support yourself off of investments alone.

[mykull]

It isn't that simple at all. When the returns are pushed lower, the means of extracting wealth from low class workers get more brutal. Suffering builds up at the bottom because of decisions at the top, and decision makers don't care because their experiences are entirely disconnected.