> There's a wealth of evidence that a society that provides guarantees around those basic needs I'm totally in agreement, in the abstract. It would take a sick

> There's a wealth of evidence that a society that provides guarantees around those basic needs I'm totally in agreement, in the abstract. It would take a sick mind to enjoy observing poverty/starvation. The details of how a sustainable economy that affords all the opportunity to thrive is provided is still non-trivial. The Five Year Plans of the Soviet Union, to drop a specific example, were full of great ideas, but the society was corrupt and everyone lied about the reality, until the lies collapsed at the three-quarter-century mark.