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by tossandthrow 10 days ago
And then there are people who use this argument against redistribution and as a pro inequality argument.

The pie gets bigger in more equal societies.

That is the real acid test.

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The pie gets bigger as long there is room for economic growth, which points to our finite planet and a zero-sum economy after all. When the non-zero wealth creation is only in the form of eg. circular investment, as we see it today, i would dismiss it as a detached numbers game.