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by FalseNutrition 449 days ago
The problem isn't abundance, or the lack of thereof. The problem is capitalism. Capitalism creates an excess, but it gets stuck with:

1. People who have money, who already have anything they want, so they won't buy more.

2. People who don't have money, so they can't buy anything.

And it's specifically the debt based part of capitalism that prevents this from fixing itself. Giving more loans won't fix it, it only shuffles it arpund a bit at best

What needs to be done, if there is the will, is:

1. Ban all further loans.

2. Print enough money to pay all the due debts and distribute it in some way with no strings attached.