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my analogy was not about people deserving the output of the factory due to having worked there. it was just an attempt to reduce the problem to a single system
by zem 14y ago
my analogy was not about people deserving the output of the factory due to having worked there. it was just an attempt to reduce the problem to a single system to illustrate how earning potential tends to leak out, and why that would actually be a good thing if only "earning" and "being provided for" were decoupled. the very fact that you can use the word "entitled" illustrates the basic problem in the current system, where it is physically possible for a small fraction of the population to produce enough for everyone to consume, but where that is being blocked by the notion that there is something immoral about getting stuff you haven't "earned".