I hate the whole publicly traded model of companies. I hate capitalism. But have to engage in trading stocks (I mostly do Mutual Funds and a small quantity of direct stocks) so that my money doesn’t lose value by sitting in a bank or cash.
Same thing with credit cards, don’t like taking loans and getting marked on a centralised list for that but it’s a safer option than using your own money.
Fortunately I don’t do crypto so that’s a plus.
He’s not living off other people’s labour. He’s using it as a bank, cutting out the bank in the middle to maintain above inflation rates of interest.
If you’re using a bank the bank is doing the exact same thing putting your money in stocks too.