Re:Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Ec...
by jackcosgrove on Friday March 01, 2019 @06:45PM
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> to not have to work someday
You will still be consuming then and unless you have enough savings to last, you will eventually depend on the money of others.
Multiply this situation by tens of millions and you have society, filled with people who consume more than they make, whether by lack of capability or unwillingness.
Few people want to work, yet everyone needs some energy to survive and most want more than that. So we have developed elaborate carrot and stick systems to induce people to work.
You will still be consuming then and unless you have enough savings to last, you will eventually depend on the money of others.
Multiply this situation by tens of millions and you have society, filled with people who consume more than they make, whether by lack of capability or unwillingness.
Few people want to work, yet everyone needs some energy to survive and most want more than that. So we have developed elaborate carrot and stick systems to induce people to work.