That can't be true. I've done the math on my living expenses and it would only take a few years of saving in a high interest account for me to be considered a capitalist under that definition. if social mobility was truly that easy no sane person would be against capitalism.
I've been part of multiple board elections where the little people have deciding votes because a 3rd party institutional investor needs to rally the retail investors to oust the current board for environmental crimes reasons.
Having a vote is having control of capital ... and they pay you for it with dividends too.
FUCK YOU I WOULD IF I COULD