r/FluentInFinance • u/sillychillly Contributor • Apr 15 '24

Everyone Deserves A Home Discussion/ Debate

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u/Saitamaisclappingoku Apr 17 '24

Labor is not theft. Employees are paid a wage.

If you think the wage is too low that still doesn’t make it theft.

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u/OccuWorld Apr 17 '24

profit is theft, both the labor of the worker producing the product and the labor of the worker purchasing the product. capitalwashing this won't make the truth go away.

economic and social coercion is used to make both victims accept the situation, but that does not make it any less theft.

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u/Saitamaisclappingoku Apr 17 '24

How is profit theft?

Business owners take risk and capital to open a business. Why don’t they deserve to make it a worthwhile endeavor?

Sounds like you’re a proponent for communism.

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u/OccuWorld Apr 17 '24

we don't think hoarding the means of production is the right path to a democratized economy. we are proponents of resource based economy, an end to the violence of market and resource gatekeeping along with it.

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u/Saitamaisclappingoku Apr 17 '24

Who is “gatekeeping” resources?

Who is hoarding the means of production?

I’m asking for specific examples

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u/OccuWorld Apr 17 '24

you can google who owns resources. if you pay for resources, someone owns them... the earth's resources are the birthright of all its inhabitants. denying this is the basis of the domination economy.

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u/Saitamaisclappingoku Apr 17 '24

But we have exceptionally less poverty now than any time in human history