Has your Boglehead investing journey radicalized you?
The simplisticity of Boglehead investing almost feels like a cheat code. Essentially, there is no effort, and you get predictable returns. What's not to like?
That is until you start thinking about what it actually means--extraction of value in exchange for nothing except for having accumulated it. And if I accumulate enough, not only do I no longer need to do anything, but neither do my children nor theirs so long as they dont get too greedy with the amount they pull out.
As someone who believes strongly in this investing strategy, I've been struggling with this. Clearly, this is not a model that can work for everyone. Someone needs to be working to produce that value that capital is extracting. Has anyone else been struggling with this?