• JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    You think money can’t buy happiness? Somehow some rich people manage to still be miserable, but most poor people would be free to be much more happy with more money.

    Infinite growth of what? Is infinite growth of happiness possible?

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      8 months ago

      People need to meet their most basic needs, doesn’t have to be through money. We’ve just set up society to work that way.

      Capitalism in particular, is an incredibly stubborn idea that’s difficult to throw away. And we’ve rigged the system to make it difficult (almost impossible) to give up.

      Hell, the U.S. is notorious for trying to overthrow governments around the world who don’t subscribe to capitalism, and the U.S. governments way of thinking.

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        8 months ago

        Oh yeah, you could distribute resources differently. Money is just very effecent at matching supply to demand. Something like a UBI could retain that while decreasing inequality inherent to the increased efficiency.