> the basic problem that some people have much more disposable income than others That's the basic problem? We tried communism. It doesn't work. > And so: ads

> the basic problem that some people have much more disposable income than others That's the basic problem? We tried communism. It doesn't work. > And so: ads. Funding the open web. Or to put it another way: Ads waste human life and productivity. If you waste 10 seconds of Elon Musk's time, yes actually the world just lost more than if you waste 10 seconds of my time. And if you let me pay $1 instead of wasting my time, then I can spend that time being productive for more than $1, adding more to the collective value of the world. Wasting everyone's time equally is actually hurting everyone, because it means taking away the positive-sum value produced by exchange of values. I'm not saying inequality isn't a problem, but man, you say that ANY difference in equality of disposable income is a PROBLEM? That's just a race to the bottom of caring or doing anything at all for other people.