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Unlike money, food really does grow on trees. Efficient agriculture means that we need very little labour to feed everyone to a subsistence level. Getting every
by barrkel 9y ago
Unlike money, food really does grow on trees. Efficient agriculture means that we need very little labour to feed everyone to a subsistence level. Getting everyone to do some labour for their food is a societal choice, not a logical necessity.
- mindslight 9y agoOr if you want to come at it from the other direction and analyze in terms of the current economy, what fraction of one's budget really needs to go to food? It's actually more like "everyone's gotta work to pay rent to the banks".