why so many believe that the market is just some sort of fundamental, unchangeable property of the universe that is and always will be

an enormous amount of time, effort, and money has been spent (and still is spent) to make it seem that way

It more so just seems like parts of capital crumble and become inaccessible to people who once had access, thus causing complete inaccessibility for all who come after.

Marx wrote about more or less this. One way that capital gets to keep expanding is that sometimes a bunch of value gets destroyed, dispossessing the former owners and concentrating it further into fewer hands. At least that was my read, I’m not as studied as some of the other folks here so take with grain of salt.

many believe that the market is just some sort of fundamental, unchangeable property of the universe

American default ideology worships The Market as a god

stonk go up

Every time it dips or crashes it’s much more likely that it will rebound than never come back. There’s an entire nation working non stop to ensure the highest profits and best returns. Theyll make you a slave before they let the market crash permanently. If you think the dollar is going to tank then invest in tangible assets like gold or ammo.

Edit: and while you sit on the sidelines waiting for a crash its going to double and triple while your ammo pile just sits there waiting