They do make it sound bad that way.
How many hours you have to work to buy one share doesn’t matter. All that matters when you are buying one share or one billion share is how much you sell the share(s) for.
Only the huge investors and institutional investors buy individual shares. Normal investors invest in stock funds that do the investing. It doesn’t matter if it is a share of Microsoft, a share of S&P, or a share of Bob’s Grocery. Fund investment is where the great majority invest. This story is either a whine or a great new story, depending on which way you look at it.