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Once the evil rich pigs have lots of bread, more than even they can eat, do they then not start using it to purchase labor from the starving poor?
by 0x1DEADCA0 6y ago
Once the evil rich pigs have lots of bread, more than even they can eat, do they then not start using it to purchase labor from the starving poor?
- tyree731 6y agoNot necessarily and, historically, not true at sufficient scale.
- 0x1DEADCA0 6y agoSo all of the software engineers out there being paid for their labor by companies flush with cash are... not, being paid? in your mind?
- weakfish 6y agoAnd what of the Amazon warehouse workers?
- tyree731 6y agoSoftware Engineers are being paid for labor, as are the "starving poor" from the original analogy. However, the wealthiest citizens of the world have been amassing wealth at a comical rate for the past few decades, while the poorest citizens have not, suggesting that "Once the evil rich pigs have lots of bread, more than even they can eat", they in the aggregate do not start using it to purchase labor from the starving poor, they tend to hoard it.
- cambalache 6y agoNo, they use it to buy lands, resources, mercenaries to get more land and to keep the status quo. I suppose if you are a mercenary you will be fine (as long as your head is not split in 2)
- codeflo 6y agoI guess that's an accurate analysis of the economic situation in Europe AD 1100, a time period famous for its laissez-faire capitalism.
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- cambalache 6y agoIt is exactly the same right now, with the difference that the crumbles of the pie are enough to feed the people. (Housing, health and education is another story)