How do you get the masses to obey?
Load 'em down with debt so they can think of themselves as "property owners" because
"Property owners are the most energetic flag-wavers and patriots in every country, but only so long as they enjoy their possessions: to safeguard those they desert God, King and Country in a twinkling."
From CLR Lewis' "The Black Jacobins"
https://amzn.to/3F8vMUl
Ed McQuarrie talks the REAL History of Stocks and Bond performance.
Worried About a Stock Market Crash? Here’s What You Should Be Worried About Instead. - Barron's https://share.google/zxmc1t7eE4TLrdHPh
Read this article from Barron's
https://www.morningstar.com/portfolios/when-it-comes-bonds-dont-be-hero
Interesting article on bond allocation, short term needs for retirement are better to be in a money market account up to two years of spending and up to ten years in a high quality active bond fund. Also active bonds have outperformed index bond funds by one percent