>>520196732
Let's establish a statement:
>A: when you buy stock you directly or indirectly fund the company
>B: you can think of a stock as a short term loan you gave to the company with no guarantee of return, if the company performs well you receive profit if it doesn't you lose money

Now this statement in mind, we will consider some scenarios.
>1) you invest in goyslop but think that goyslop is destructive to the human race. You simultaneously fund the production and distribution of goyslop and hope that all goyslop is banned
>you dont want the government to infringe your privacy but Palantir and other AI related (nvidia for example) stocks are doing well. You hope that Palantir grows but also hope it doesn't exist because it's just fucked
>you invest in any fortune 500 company. The company lays off 5000 Americans and hires 200000 Indians because that's cost efficient and stock value will rise. You don't want jeets but you need to want jeets because your wallet grows thicker.
Stocks are a massive double think.