Well, you completely ignored the point I made, which is that there is no reason to think emulations would conspire with each other to deny people their investments. Many emulations would also have long periods of investing and money and earning enormous amounts through interest payments. Many non-uploaded humans would probably invest money in funds that would be run (like almost anything else) by uploaded people. Both rich uploads and upload fund managers would have an incentive to oppose confiscations.
If you had a time machine and went back and invested in any of those time periods, what are the chances you'd get that money back?
Benjamin Franklin actually did invest money in 1790, and the amount with 200 years of interest really was paid out in the way specified in the trust. People have owned land titles and shares in businesses for over a thousand years through multiple dynasties and regimes.
1) have something we want or 2) try to make a claim against anything we have. It never ends well for the foragers.
The difference being that foragers don't have titles/deeds or even a clear understanding of property-ownership.
ETA: I should really proofread my comments before I post.
Just a rough dirty outline since I'm headed out of town for two days. I may make a discussion post about some of the points later.
The natural human method of property division is killing people and taking their stuff. Capitalism is a blip on the radar.
Ems will be entering an entirely different context than 20th century humans. We'll be lucky if capitalism translates to the digital world at all.
Ems vs human will be a natural division point. Every human (if lucky) becomes a retiree at some point, no Ems become human. Humans do not have a good trac
Lecture at youtube.
Sorry - haven't watched it yet so no summary, but I expect it to be fun.