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by ben_w 793 days ago
That's a very mid-1800s position to take, given you're complaining about "calculating productivity like it's the 1800s" β€” owners getting rich from reinvesting the profits of labour is one of the big things that Marx was cross about.

> We can just decide to change it. Doesn't require magic or even much imagination.

Many have tried. What's the quote?

β€œFor every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong.” ― H. L. Mencken

Some attempts have been more successful, some less successful, but the governments which think economics is easy have done the worst, regardless of if they were Communist or Capitalist.