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Re:Oil plummets 30% as OPEC deal failure sparks price war fears by cortesoft on Sunday March 08, 2020 @09:11PM (#22522025)
> All the diamonds and gold in the world is irrelevant to the wellbeing of the common people if they are repressed... And if they are not repressed, the relative value of such resources is diminished as other economic activity should be available as well, then.

You are leaving out the fact that a lot of natural resources is a huge incentive for someone to try to repress a population.

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Re:Oil plummets 30% as OPEC deal failure sparks price war fears by fsloth on Monday March 09, 2020 @02:29AM (#22523403)
Sure, you need something with a capital output to create an imbalance of wealth. But usually the capital output of any society is sufficient to incentivise exclusivity and repression. Even humans just surviving generally create a capital surplus - and no matter how small - taking that is sufficient to make few individuals wealthy.
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