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from where does the donor class derive their wealth? they pay you a wage or collect rent, profiting either way. in all cases, they derive their wealth because t
by acomar 5y ago
from where does the donor class derive their wealth? they pay you a wage or collect rent, profiting either way. in all cases, they derive their wealth because they own the things that allow us to produce value. perhaps those things should be commonly owned instead. then these class distinctions would evaporate.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoIt has been tried and has failed. Communism doesn't work on a scale larger than a few hundred people (top end)
- sudosysgen 5y agoCentrally planned economies (what is commonly called communism) is not the only solution that fits the above description. Cooperative market economics does the same, so would a partial land decommodification or a land value tax combined to a steep progressive tax rate combined to considering collaterilization as a partial realization of gain, etc...
- BobbyJo 5y agoAnyone who works in software can attest to the fact that 'common ownership' inevitably leads to 'zero ownership'.