We have so many houses going unused. We have food and resources for everybody, but we’ve set up a system that arbitrarily concentrates most of it on a few people! Young children, with no understanding why society is this way, are suffering and dying because they live in a world that collectively agrees to let this happen unnecessarily
Fuck, I’m stoned but you know I’m right
Edit: and the sad thought hits me: the first step is realizing the system doesn’t have to be this way, the second step is realizing it isn’t going to change, at least not any time soon
In a way the guy before you is right: Some things would crash. For example, if everyone has a million, people wouldn’t be forced to do horrendous things for no pay. For example, nobody would work at a brothel, sell drugs or work as a modern slave picking fruit on a field. If people would do these jobs, they’d only do that for much, much more money.
But these things are things that only exist (at that price point) because enough people are currently desperate enough to be exploitable. In a somewhat just system, these kinds of exploitation shouldn’t be possible.
It’s absolutely heart-wrenching to see human potential being snuffed out, to see this level of suffering.
Truly, the only things we stand to lose by incentivizing positive action is our dysfunction. Good riddance.