I agree.
The term "investor" sounds so.....noble. There is nothing noble about the fraud that has been going on for years.
The sky high stock market is such a fraud, but most are too fearful and cowed to admit the truth.
Meanwhile, the nation has been in an actual Depression for years.
And you're right - when you spill the beans around here, some folks demand your "answer." Like we can wave a magic wand and make the Trillions in phoney money and paper mache stock valuation just heal itself.
The elephant in the room is that the current markets have no Price Discovery, and have not had any for years. This is because of Fed manipulation. Without price discovery, you have no free market.
One could argue (and this is where it gets weird) that the US no longer even has a functioning, real economy anymore.
Our government is nothing but a debt zombie feeding 100 Million plus who are not in the workforce, and paying out Trillions.
I wonder how historic and bad the next crash is going to be? Food riots? Martial Law? Rationing? Camps? Federal seizure of private property? Gold and silver ownership outlawed? Freezing and seizure of IRAs and 401Ks?
The flash mobs will quickly run out of stuff to steal. Then, they will turn to the suburbs.