• confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    An economy only works when a majority participates. An ideal economy has everyone participating.

    You can do a basic thought experiment to figure this out. Imagine 10 people control $100 trillion. Everyone else controls $0. What do you think you’ll be able to get for $1?

    You might then say, “money isn’t wealth.” True. But if 10 people control all the wealth and everyone else has starved to death that’s even worse.