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Re:Economists who defend disaster profiteers are wrong by nicoburns on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @10:38AM (#22866526)
I don't think you're quite grasping what "distributing the wealth" would look like. I have in mind something like a Universal Basic Income. Reducing the involvement of large organisations (including governments, non-profits and corporations), as well at high-net worth individuals is entirely the point.

It's basically democracy for economic power. And you're right, it's not a silver bullet. But I believe it could be a significant improvement on the status quo.

Re:Economists who defend disaster profiteers are wrong by nec4b on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @01:16PM (#22868602)
Why would you redistribute wealth into the hands of irrational people?
Re:Economists who defend disaster profiteers are wrong by nicoburns on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @07:28PM (#22872703)
Because there are no other kinds of people, so that's the only option. Time and time again it has been shown that distributing power leads to better outcomes, and money is nothing but economic power.