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Re:Stanford historian uncovers a grim correlation between vi... by njharman on Thursday January 26, 2017 @12:43PM (#13493409)
> People should be compensated for the value they produce.

Why? That is an opinion, not a fact.

My opinion is that people unconditionally deserve shelter, food, healthcare, education, and liberty.

As efficiency increased we could have made everyone work less. Instead those gains were funneled to owners, to capitalists. Who actually don't produce anything and live off of the labor of others.

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Re:Stanford historian uncovers a grim correlation between vi... by snappyTertle on Thursday January 26, 2017 @01:45PM (#13494034)
I agree that it is an opinion. It's a choice between liberty or equality, we can't have both. In order to make things equal, people are forced to give up their income.
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