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Tom - your old fashioned them and us view of the world is your problem and does not reflect actuality. It may be quite quaint, something of a throwback to the 70's, mind you it was out of date then, but it does not reflect the world as it is.
The man who delivered your post, the shop assistant who served you, the barmaid in your local, your electrician, the local headmaster, the dinner lady - all of these could be the people you insult as 'gamblers' 'fast and loose investors', lacking a long term view, not worried about jobs and livelihoods etc. It is nonsense, total and complete nonsense. This is your characterisation that is a million miles from the truth. People such I refer to are all among the types of people who I advise, decent people, your friends and neighbours. These are the people who own businesses through share ownership, often a direct holding, more often as part of a collective holding whether in their pension or in other investments. We are an asset owning democracy now and that goes beyond a mere house owning democracy.