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> Economic inequality springs from (among other things) the fact that each and every one of us chooses to buy things & engage in our economy It's a delusion to
by assbuttbuttass 3y ago
> Economic inequality springs from (among other things) the fact that each and every one of us chooses to buy things & engage in our economy
It's a delusion to imagine that everyone could choose to go live in the woods and revert to a subsistence lifestyle. For most people, there's no meaningful alternative.
- imtringued 3y agoIt is also impractical to take the middle ground, i.e. start your own division of labor because the regulations have been written with a ridiculous minimum amount of division of labor in mind. I mean go ahead and try starting a tiny community with its own currency and banks. You won't get regulatory approval and even if you do it will cost so much you need ten thousand people to join you.