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Re:On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't by ctdonath on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:47PM (#26307407)
We only have that much because of the incentive to produce. Redistribute, by compulsion, the fruits of one’s labors and most will soon stop laboring. I may be able to support >10, but compel me to and my productivity will plummet.
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Re:On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't by mandmandam on Monday March 01, 2021 @05:27PM (#26309321)
"compel me to and my productivity will plummet."

What you call incentive is really compulsion, just of a more extreme form.

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