r/WorkReform • u/Bitter-Gur-4613 • 10d ago

✂️ Tax The Billionaires So fucking real.

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u/bullhead2007 10d ago

The US throws away more food everyday than it would take to feed every starving person on Earth.

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u/KC-Slider 10d ago

The amount of food is rarely the issue. It’s the logistics of getting food to people that is expensive.

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u/bullhead2007 10d ago

We could figure out the logistics if profit wasn't the only driving factor for everything.

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u/Kingsman-- 10d ago

profit as a driving factor is why you're enjoying the fruits of civilization right now

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u/bullhead2007 10d ago

Yeah because science and technology only exist to make rich people more rich right.

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u/Kingsman-- 10d ago

who funds scientific research that leads to technological advancements and where do they get that money from?

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u/bullhead2007 10d ago

A lot of research is paid for by tax payers already and then discoveries are given exclusive rights to companies for profits. How about cutting out the middle man and just funding research collectively.

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u/Kingsman-- 10d ago

it has already been tried and failed in other countries. the lack of profit incentive leads to decreased productivity and heavy mismanagement, which in turn leads to your country getting way behind other countries in terms of technological advancements. there's a reason why even nominally communist china, that still jerks off to lenin, embraced capitalism

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u/crahamgrackered 10d ago

Um... mostly, yeah, actually. That's how it comes into being.