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by tehWeeb 1906 days ago
Why must the masses be tethered to a monopolized ephemeral value store?

None of us owe servitude to old debts, contracts, wives tales, sonnets, limericks, hymns, poems, stories.

When the world changes it does so because society decides there are different words to better represent its goals.

Laws are no longer based upon the words of Gods. The rich are not Gods. They don’t represent meritorious effort when they’re inheriting and being gifted wealth with no strings (see Trump admin and covid payouts, it’s still happening under Biden; he’s just less gaudy.)

Why not just logistical distribution of materials to boost communal health, etc.

The masses are already used to only being able afford a vacation every X months. Working off a home for X years.

Why do we still enable a minority to shrug off the same responsibility in deference to old contracts none of us are legally obligated to mind?

1 comments

You're not reading me. We are the companies. 99% of companies are small business. No such monopoly.
I’m not disputing the value of collective effort.

I’m disputing our implementation that favors minority capture of collective effort.

Why do I need to be a “company”?

We already have a system of collective effort called “government”.

Why another layer of abstraction?

Why must they run on grandpa’s fiscal beliefs, and previously brokered debt servicing and network effects?