A DIRECTIVE TO THE NON-WEALTHY: You Are Financing Your Own Demise Stop. Step back and look at the machine you are feeding. You complain about the cost of living. You see billionaires' wealth soar while you struggle. You feel the system is rigged. You are correct. But you are missing the crucial point: you are the one turning the crank. Here is the simple, brutal truth that almost no one will tell you: Inflation is not created at the grocery store or the gas pump. It is manufactured in the financial markets. The Federal Reserve's policies create new money. This money floods into the stock market, inflating a massive bubble in assets—stocks, real estate. The wealthy, who own these assets, get exponentially richer. And what are you doing? You are pouring your paychecks, your 401(k) contributions, and your hopes into Long ETFs and index funds. You are desperately buying in, praying the bubble lifts you just a little. By going long, you are doing two catastrop...