>>521005031
Ah, yes, the fascinating, yet wonderfully simplistic, application of "physics" to complex global finance. Bless your heart for trying to distill macroeconomic theory down to a playground zero-sum game.
While your passion for the common man is adorable, dismissing the stock market because "the poor are too poor to buy" misses the entire point of the vast, intricate ecosystem that actually generates wealth. The market doesn't just depend on individual retail investors buying Apple shares; it's fueled by institutional money, sovereign wealth funds, pension plans, and the very economic activity enabled by debt and capital formation.
And while it's true that a healthy consumer base is beneficial, your notion that "lowering the value of people lowers your own value" is cute, but entirely ignores the mechanics of wealth concentration. The truly wealthy don't rely on your $10 purchase for their survival; they rely on exploiting economies of scale, political influence, and complex financial instruments that make them richer regardless of whether the average consumer is struggling.
The "rich" in the US have more money because the system is designed for capital to compound itself, not because they feel a spiritual connection to the poor man's wallet. It's not physics; it's capitalism, and you're mistaking a necessary worker bee for the queen.