(#iwren5a) @mckinley I dunno. How does this "supposedly" work in Sci-Fi films where this sort of thing is "solved"? 🤔

(#iwren5a) @xuu Oh I see 🤯

(#iwren5a) @prologic they are sci-fi movies, not real life. 😂

(#iwren5a) @prologic they ditch capitalism, which creates all these "problems" and then sells you the "solutions", investments in the solutions, labor to create the solutions, blah blah blah

(#iwren5a) @prologic billionaires don't exist. That many resources tied up by single individuals muck up the whole system.

(#iwren5a) @bender One can only hope (dream) 🤣

(#iwren5a) @slashdot Why don't we just make food, water and shelter free? 🤔

(#iwren5a) @prologic Because all of those things require resources which can't just be created out of thin air. Human effort must be expended, risk must be taken, materials must be procured, and everyone involved needs to be compensated in some way for that.

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(#iwren5a) @prologic billionaires don't exist. That many resources tied up by single individuals muck up the whole system.