Not really? Maybe for people good with money, but like "I have $2k in savings in case I lose my job" and "I have $20 left to spare cus beans were on sale" are different. Sure that $20 can go into savings, but it's pedantic at best to say all spare money is savings.
any additional participation or non-participation is a minor ethical choice.
Then so is buying a computer when you could build one, renting a movie when you could pirate, or buying fruit when you could pick a lemon tree. It just feels very lifestyle-leftist-y.
We live under a global capitalist system and hand wringing about some people trying to get a bit of extra breathing room feels like an incredible waste of time.
We live under a global capitalist system and hand wringing about some people trying to get a bit of extra breathing room feels like an incredible waste of time.
Which is why I compared it to owning a smartphone at the start. I'm not saying anyone getting involved should feel bad. But there's also nothing wrong with someone saying "this isn't for me, because I want to avoid the stockmarket as much as possible".
Lifestyle leftism is when your only anticapitalism is trying to do ethical consumption. But that doesn't mean trying to do ethical consumption is bad in and of itself.
Not really? Maybe for people good with money, but like "I have $2k in savings in case I lose my job" and "I have $20 left to spare cus beans were on sale" are different. Sure that $20 can go into savings, but it's pedantic at best to say all spare money is savings.
Then so is buying a computer when you could build one, renting a movie when you could pirate, or buying fruit when you could pick a lemon tree. It just feels very lifestyle-leftist-y.
We live under a global capitalist system and hand wringing about some people trying to get a bit of extra breathing room feels like an incredible waste of time.
Which is why I compared it to owning a smartphone at the start. I'm not saying anyone getting involved should feel bad. But there's also nothing wrong with someone saying "this isn't for me, because I want to avoid the stockmarket as much as possible".
Lifestyle leftism is when your only anticapitalism is trying to do ethical consumption. But that doesn't mean trying to do ethical consumption is bad in and of itself.