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A Boring Dystopia
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This doesn't need to be a 20 minute video.
While money in a bank does technically grow exponentially, the real value (what you can buy with that money) of the account grows slower than the economy.
Meaning each year you can actually buy less with the money you keep in a bank account. This is why retirement accounts are typically tied to the stock market, to try to tie their growth more to the economy.
This doesn't need to be a three paragraph comment. The point is that petrol-dollars are constantly devaluing much fast than any bank will give you interest. This is why people gamble on the stock market and imagine it reflects some kind of "economy", because "saving" doesn't exist.