^ I don't think investing in shares in itself is a bad thing. It's just the type of shares that we were talking about, I think are a very bad thing.
We were talking about investing in a special banking share that pretty much meant that she would own a tiny part of a whole bunch of companies.
Were talking: mcdonalds, nike, oil companies, weapon manufacturers etc who all basically make their profits by exploiting people in third world countries by paying them fuck all and treating their employees over here like garbage!!!
Like walmart for instance has the most terrible track record for treating their employees like shit! Its such a terrible thing what these psychotic machines (corporations) do to people who have no control over their circumstances.
So basically what she would be doing is actively enabling them. She would be profiting off of them. We all support these machines to some degree or another, but when we hold shares in them, we become the ones directly profiting off of their wastefulness. One could argue that if she doesn't put her money into the shares, then someone els will! Well that doesn't matter to me if someone els does lol. I mean, it does, but I especially don't want that blood on my babies hands. She was basically looking at me, fangs out, drooling, going "its a dog eat dog world!" Its not even so much if she owned the shares, its more of her attitude towards them.
Theres lots of nice shares out there, I think, but they probably are not as profitable and we were not talking about those types of shares. Apparently there is ethical shares or something. I dunno, but one can also invest in credit unions, which at least sounds good cuz its a union
I talked to her about this again just an hour ago and she is coming around now. She could tell that I was totally upset with our discussion and she felt really bad for how we were going about it too. I told her that I would be really sad if she went and baught a mcdonalds because she thought she could help people with the money she makes off of it. Shes like "I would never do that!" and I was like ya I know you wouldn't, but owning shares is exactly the same thing! Shes like I didn't say I was going to own shares!!! And I was like riggghttt... and she kind of went "oh
" So basically she said to me now that she wouldn't want to own these shares either. I dunno why she was defending her position so strongly before. Maybe she felt really different about it only 6 hours ago? lol. Maybe I got through. Maybe she is scared too that I was upset and kind of giving me some lip service. I dont think so though. She doesn't do that type of thing.
W/e
btw Pegasus I l appreciate your style and approach with me. Thank you for that. You seem very reasonable.