If you believe in market economy or capitalism, investing in stock is the right thing to do.
If you want your savings to beat rate of inflation assuming 3% annually, investing in the stock will help do that.
If you can afford to ride out the storms when correction or major corrections come around, ( it will always be around) then the long term strategy of investing in blue chip dividend paying stock is the right thing to do.
I been through the 1987 October crisis, the 1999/2000 dot com crashes, the 1998 financial melt down crisis and the 2008 major correction. The markets always recovered to its pre correction level and then some, sometimes after one year and may be  two years at the most.