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So how did these people use economies of scale AND also have a legal and physical protection against other people stealing it? In the old days, the rich would
by randomopining 5y ago
So how did these people use economies of scale AND also have a legal and physical protection against other people stealing it?
In the old days, the rich would have to hire their own small defense/army just to protect their riches from being stolen. And we're not even talking about the public road/education/health/communications system that allows their products to be made and delivered to customers that pay the money that becomes their profits.
From the above you can see that the these people want to "ride free" off the backs of people that pay their share back into the system.
It should be treason.
- vmception 5y agoYou might be surprised how little of the US’ (or any country’s) infrastructure is used to generate money. You also might be surprised how little of the US’ tax revenue is used to support that infrastructure. This is why it would never constitute treason, while remaining a potential criminal charge.
- randomopining 5y agoSo how exactly do people get educated and products make it to market etc? There's a lot of "soft" infrastructure that you're forgetting too. That was part of Biden's point. There's hard infrastructure that everybody understands, and then there's the soft infrastructure like a well-educated workforce that can quickly adapt to the new market demands. An efficient (not wasteful, which is tough to make happen) investment in either would help the US in every way, publically and privately.