Is compound interest a false proposition? No, but it is very difficult.
Four necessary conditions for the compound interest principle to work:
1. A moderate amount of principal.
2. Appropriate positive returns.
3. Sufficient duration, for example, you said thirty years. But how many thirty years are there in a lifetime?
4. Continuity, positive returns cannot be interrupted. This is very, very difficult.
Can you count the number of people in the world who meet the above conditions on one hand?