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by jstx1 1614 days ago
> having someone waste time by getting their own food/shelter isn't really any better than having them waste time doing a job to get money for food/shelter

The latter isn't waste on the whole - somebody is getting a service in return. Then there's a separate question of what the worker is getting (for work that is meaningful to them and for work that isn't); that's one of the topics of the original post.