Just let your wealth compound over time and you’ll be a millionaire, the advice goes. If this is true why aren’t more people rich?UNDERSTAND, SHARE & PUSH BACK

  • FlashMobOfOne
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    -71 month ago

    That’s because what it takes is time, a resource we are all limited on.

    And patience, a quality most people lack.

      • FlashMobOfOne
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        -61 month ago

        Go knit that on a pillow, friend.

        It’s not an argument. It’s a platitude.

        • @[email protected]
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          61 month ago

          It’s a statement of fact, you’re just butthurt because it’s a fact that completely destroys your delusional bootstraps bullshit

    • @[email protected]
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      71 month ago

      There’s not enough patience in the world to make compound interest work for someone who lacks the expendable income upfront

      • FlashMobOfOne
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        -31 month ago

        You’re not wrong.

        But there’s also definitely not enough patience on the part of people who do either.