Month
June
Starting Year
1995
Ending Month
May
Ending Year
2024

Total S&P 500 Return: 868.329%
Annualized S&P 500 Return: 8.168%
Total S&P 500 Return (Dividends Reinvested): 1528.049%
Annualized S&P 500 Return (Dividends Reinvested): 10.129%


A 1528% return is 16.28x.

Yes sure , go all in on stocks , never sell (very hard to do when big crash or bubble occur btw) , and uses all the dividend included to buy more if u think it’s great .
THe pont is calling gold a bad investment when they closely following the stock market ex dividend is nonsense .
Gold is following around the same ratio as housing prices where houses bring no dividends either .
Doubt anyone here would call a house a bad investment because it doesn’t provide any cash flow ….

None of this explains how a charity could prevent crimes.

You specifically mention sexual abuse of children. You seem to be saying that pedophiles wouldn't need to be imprisoned because a charity could prevent them from offending. How would they do that?

Prisons are violent, therefore the only crime should be execution?

There are other options to make prisons less violent than complete abolition. Look at the scandinavian model. It doesn’t even have to be as unrestrictive as that.

If someone is keeping slaves or trespassing, they send in whatever force is necessary to free the slaves or expel the trespassers.

There are several ways to punish people who behave in unwanted ways. Some may be inclined to kill people. Others may be inclined to harm their bodies. Others may be inclined to boycott or strike.

I expect boycotts and strikes will be the primary mechanism by which good behavior comes to be enforced in a free society because when people use violence, they invite the wrath of those who care about their victims, and with the threat of free market justice, people will want to avoid violent feuds.

When political power is up for grabs, wealth is rewarded largely for gaining control of that power or otherwise being a beneficiary of it. In a free market, wealth will be rewarded for producing something that is in demand at a higher quality or lower cost than anyone else. As the wealth of society increases, consumers can better position themselves to participate in boycotts so over time, I expect the moral standards of society to increase.