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Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing yourself for a recession? by dvdhnt on Monday March 09, 2020 @02:27PM (#22528116)
It's funny - not in the "haha" way.

I don't want others to suffer; who really does? But no one willfully gives up power.

We're so very close to being technically capable in terms of eliminating poverty or feeding all people. Hopefully, the upcoming recession will push over the edge towards total solidarity.

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Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing yourself for a recession? by luckylion on Monday March 09, 2020 @02:39PM (#22528288)
> But no one willfully gives up power.

And they don't want to work hard to pay for others that don't work, either. If feeding the people is the goal, we can already do that. Trivially in first world countries, but also world wide. It's getting everybody a high living standard that's expensive and hard.

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