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by darawk 2647 days ago
> Not for you. Feeding a poor starving person does not make you richer. If they could have afforded to pay, they would not be starving. The economy fails to incentivize the satisfaction of a real need because it does not value the needs of those without money.

It does not value the needs of those who have not contributed to its largesse. You are valued in proportion to your contribution, or the contribution of your parents.

> The notion of incentivizing people to do important work is not unique to capitalism. Capitalism is not even particularly good at it, and is getting worse at it,

Capitalism is certainly the best of any system i'm aware of. Is there some other system you're aware of that's done a better job of producing innovation?

> as inequality in the wealth distribution drives capitalism's notion of what is important further and further away from what most people actually find important.

Hm? Away from what most people find important? How do you get people's money if you're not offering them something in exchange that they find important?