<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@keba" class="u-url mention">@<span>keba</span></a></span> American middle class, American corporations, many American non-profits and municipal organizations are all heavily invested in stock market. It going down means regular people's savings are immediately devalued, orgs lose their planned budgets, etc. Basically, over the past ~40 years everyone who has anything to save was forced into tying their wealth to stocks. For tech workers, half (or more) of your compensation comes as stock options.</p>
