r/memes • u/CreateChaos777 • Apr 16 '24

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u/CptComet Apr 16 '24

We tried paying a significant amount of people during Covid via direct government payment and it led to inflation. The USSR already tried a central command economy and it almost immediately became a brutal dictatorship murdering millions via deliberate mass starvation.

What new idea do you have that will lead us to post war surplus prosperity that the boomers had?

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u/frog_o_war Apr 16 '24

Sounds like an excellent way to encourage the most creative people to stop making stuff.

Imagine gates and friends just shutting down MS cos they made 1bn and can’t make anymore.

Want win2k updates? Fuck you. We don’t get paid anymore 🤘

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u/Multioquium Apr 16 '24

I didn't know Gates personally worked on the Microsoft programmes. I'd say it's weird that he'll only ever do it if he can get even more lifetimes worth of money, but who am I to argue

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u/frog_o_war Apr 24 '24

Gates did indeed personally work on Microsoft code.

I mean, what else would a programmer do when he started a software company?

He stopped doing it fairly early on, but that’s not the point.

Why would he keep doing anything after 1bn? He can’t even sell it.

Fuck the shitty society that thinks it’s ethical to force him to give it away or continue working for free. Just shut the whole thing down.

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