• LesserAbe@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    You’re right, it’s not desirable for people to be overworked or those who can work to not contribute. It’s also not desirable for any of these people to go hungry:

    • People who want to work, but can’t find jobs
    • People who do work but aren’t paid enough to cover essentials
    • People who can’t work
    • People

    We’ve become incredibly efficient over the centuries, and we have enough for everybody to eat without overworking anyone. The issue is many people not receiving the full value of their work, while a much smaller group receive value far beyond what they contributed.

    • SuckMyWang@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yep and they’ll argue that they contributed their capital. I could also contribute more if I didn’t pay tax and exploit people and wasn’t exploited myself. I accept I have to pay tax and at least try not to exploit people - very hard in a capitalist/global economy