[justeleblanc]

So something that produces nothing of value to civilization. Gotcha.

[atemerev]

Well, I assume you want to sell your hard-earned stocks of civilization-helping companies sometimes...

[Dylan16807]

High frequency traders effectively charge money to provide liquidity.

But they provide far more than I need. I'm not worried about liquidity when I eventually sell those stocks, and if I could opt out of buying extra liquidity I definitely would.

[justeleblanc]

Nope. I'd rather there not be a thing called a stock market at all.

[Zpalmtree]

liquid markets are a very good thing for civilization