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by tathougies 2647 days ago
> Do you realize how much MSFT and AMZN went up since their IPO?

Yes. But this is irrelevant! The point is that there were other, better-performing investments that the poor could have chosen. That doesn't even address the ethical question of whether it's right to restrict the already disadvantaged from the very mechanisms of wealth creation open to the rich.