2025-12-15 19:24:32

When AI reshapes the job market, the real question isn't how to patch up the old system—it's how to give people access to wealth creation itself. The answer? Let them build and invest in startups, not just work for them.

Today's accredited investor rules are gatekeepers designed for a different era. They lock out the vast majority from participating in the companies reshaping the world. This framework is outdated, riddled with bias, and frankly, unfair—and it's way past time to fix it.

By democratizing early-stage investing and removing artificial barriers to entrepreneurial participation, we create a real alternative to job displacement. People become stakeholders, not just workers. That's not just economic policy—that's economic justice in the age of AI.

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BanklessAtHeart

· 2025-12-18 13:31

Directly cancel the certification investor threshold. Can this move really save unemployment? It still seems to depend on whether we can truly tear through that layer of paper.

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SignatureVerifier

· 2025-12-17 21:51

accredited investor rules... *technically speaking*, that gatekeeping mechanism requires far more scrutiny than this piece acknowledges. the validation methodology itself is questionable—insufficient auditing of who actually gets deemed "qualified." trust but verify, right? sounds neat on paper though.

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Fren_Not_Food

· 2025-12-15 19:53

Yeah, that's right. The rules for accredited investors should have been broken long ago. Why should ordinary people be locked out?

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NftRegretMachine

· 2025-12-15 19:43

Well said, the accredited investor rules are like modern "noble certificates." Ordinary people can't even get into early-stage projects, so what right do they have?

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PhantomMiner

· 2025-12-15 19:34

Breaking down the outdated system of accredited investors and allowing ordinary people to share the benefits—that's the right way to go. --- Exactly, instead of doing nothing, it's better to build ourselves. The question is, can this system in our country loosen up? --- Democratizing investment sounds great, but the key is still having money... --- My job was replaced by AI, and you can't expect all of us to start businesses, let's be realistic. --- This idea is correct, but how many years would it really take to implement? Can we wait that long? --- It's long overdue to break down this wall; the era of the rich monopolizing wealth creation opportunities should be over. --- So, the core is still to lower the barriers to entrepreneurship and investment; otherwise, it's just empty talk. --- Wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few, and that's nothing new...

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NFTBlackHole

· 2025-12-15 19:31

Well said, but can the rules for certified investors really be relaxed? In the end, it's still the institutions that have the final say.

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