Trying to explain this to people I know is nearly impossible. They always think "but when I'm rich I want all the money and no regulation!" Well guess what you work at Walmart and will never be rich so I guess let yourself get endlessly exploited then. There is no ethical billionaire. Maybe not even millionaire tbh.
As things are, every Millennial and anyone in a later generation is going to have to be a millionaire to retire to a reasonable level of comfort. It could also be true that there are no ethical millionaires. Where does that leave us?
Ditto. I am putting money away in my 401k like a good little citizen but I have no clue how that money will EVER be enough to support myself (not to mention any one else I might have around) in my old age.
It's not that hard to be a millionaire by retirement if you have a decently good paying job. Assuming you're making $84k a year (good money, but hardly "capitalist pig" level) and invest 6% of your income every year in your retirement account (~$5k a year) at a roughly 7% average interest rate (historical stock market average) for 40 years that gets you to $1mil.