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It already is tied. Western capitalism recognizes that expanding customer base and increasing customer wealth is good for business (see Henry Ford’s aphorism ab

It already is tied. Western capitalism recognizes that expanding customer base and increasing customer wealth is good for business (see Henry Ford’s aphorism about paying workers a wage suitable to buy his product). It is illegal to be poor because progressives impose laws making zoning, housing, food, jobs, etc too costly and punishing any who attempt to make lower wages livable. Billionaires are because they make accessible goods/services to greater percentages of limited populations. World abject poverty has plummeted from majority to near zero in my lifetime. That was capitalism improving productivity of all.

Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y ago
>It is illegal to be poor because progressives impose laws making zoning, housing, food, jobs, etc too costly and punishing any who attempt to make lower wages livable. Pretty sure you mean Nimbys, unless you're suggesting that building high density houses next to coal burning plants is perfectly fine and should never have been banned. There's a difference between zoning that increases prosperity, and zoning for selfish incentives that you would be wise to consider before casting zoning laws as progressive, when that's patently false[0]. >Billionaires are because they make accessible goods/services to greater percentages of limited populations. >World abject poverty has plummeted from majority to near zero in my lifetime. That was capitalism improving productivity of all. You imply causation without evidence. Billionaires use extractive and ethically bankrupt methods to undercut their competitors while skimming their plunder off margin between a fair price and their true cost. This is neither necessary, nor sustainable to ensure prosperity for all. This randian perspective is emotionally comfortable for the winners but tragically harmful to literally everyone else. 0. https://www.theamericanconservative.com/urbs/zoning-reform-is-not-leftism/ https://www.theamericanconservative.com/urbs/zoning-reform-i...

Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y ago

>It is illegal to be poor because progressives impose laws making zoning, housing, food, jobs, etc too costly and punishing any who attempt to make lower wages livable. Pretty sure you mean Nimbys, unless you're suggesting that building high density houses next to coal burning plants is perfectly fine and should never have been banned. There's a difference between zoning that increases prosperity, and zoning for selfish incentives that you would be wise to consider before casting zoning laws as progressive, when that's patently false[0]. >Billionaires are because they make accessible goods/services to greater percentages of limited populations. >World abject poverty has plummeted from majority to near zero in my lifetime. That was capitalism improving productivity of all. You imply causation without evidence. Billionaires use extractive and ethically bankrupt methods to undercut their competitors while skimming their plunder off margin between a fair price and their true cost. This is neither necessary, nor sustainable to ensure prosperity for all. This randian perspective is emotionally comfortable for the winners but tragically harmful to literally everyone else. 0. https://www.theamericanconservative.com/urbs/zoning-reform-is-not-leftism/ https://www.theamericanconservative.com/urbs/zoning-reform-i...