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Something that confuses me about capitalism…

The one thing I cannot wrap my head around or even understand is how all this ends. One glaring fact is that almost all the rich make money on stocks for publicly traded companies. They park their money and expect high returns on their investments. Great. Have at it. The question I have is how do these companies expect to post profits in the future when their own workers cannot afford the goods they produce. Like, Coca-Cola makes soda. At the end of a year, they need to show they sold more soda at less cost and more profit. Are billionaires going to be buying pallets of soda? Or is it the guy working second shift that, on his break goes to the convenient store and buy a soda there. What happens when we are all too poor to afford a soda (or any discretionary spending) because all our money…


The one thing I cannot wrap my head around or even understand is how all this ends. One glaring fact is that almost all the rich make money on stocks for publicly traded companies. They park their money and expect high returns on their investments. Great. Have at it. The question I have is how do these companies expect to post profits in the future when their own workers cannot afford the goods they produce. Like, Coca-Cola makes soda. At the end of a year, they need to show they sold more soda at less cost and more profit. Are billionaires going to be buying pallets of soda? Or is it the guy working second shift that, on his break goes to the convenient store and buy a soda there. What happens when we are all too poor to afford a soda (or any discretionary spending) because all our money is tied up in rent, utilities and such? I mean, if we stop buying soda, Coca-Cola stocks drop because they didn't make what they expected to make.

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