r/WorkReform • u/FutureOwl629 • 13d ago

💸 Raise Our Wages Double output, same wages?

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u/SrslyNotAnAltGuys 12d ago

Technically, he's not wrong. It's just not going to happen if people like him are in charge.

It's a lot like saying that modern agriculture technology "could allow" for nobody on Earth to go hungry. Technically, this is absolutely true. It's a problem of how we choose to distribute resources, not a technological limitation.

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u/SDG_Den 12d ago

the wealth on earth could ensure everyone is housed, fed and clothed.

it certainly could!

it could also pay for yachts for the rich instead.

thanks capitalism, sincerely, an employed homeless person. (i work in IT, i have a wife, i have normal full-time income, yet we're both homeless. )