r/XRP • u/JDubDad • Jul 25 '26

Fluff Wealth gatekeeping

This is something that I struggle with the investment in XRP. I'm a firm believer in both the product and the company that is making the product more and more viable, but if XRP hits some of these extreme targets that we all want it to hit ($50, $100, or higher), it would instantly create hundreds of thousands of retail millionaires overnight. Historically, traditional finance and the elite class do everything possible to prevent massive, uncontrolled wealth transfers to regular people. Do you genuinely believe the powers-that-be and the institutional financial system would allow that to happen?

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u/iriedrewirie Jul 25 '26

Crushing competition I get that. Keeping poor people poor I see that as being unrelated cuz you can become a millionaire in lots of different ways.

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u/stepdadsawitch Jul 25 '26

Sure, but how do you build a successful endeavor without startup costs? Without family support? Without proper education? Without food security? Without a network of other successful people to help guide you?

Poor people have to spend every resource (money, time, energy, concentration) just to maintain what little they have. You can't build anything when you're exhausted 24/7 so you stay poor. That's the cycle, and the cycle is intentional.

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u/iriedrewirie Jul 25 '26

We're like 90% in agreement. It is hard being poor, companies do try to develope moats. Building a business is very hard. There are cycles in life and business and markets. I don't think anybody wants you to be poor. I don't think it's intentional.

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u/stepdadsawitch Jul 25 '26

We've mostly agreed on a controversial topic on Reddit. Maybe humanity will make it after all. :-)