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Re:How Did Sam Bankman-Fried Get Bail? by djrobstep on Saturday December 24, 2022 @01:51AM (#34114662)
What are you talking about? Are you claiming that redistributing wealth doesn't redistribute resources? If not, what is the actual claim you're making?
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Re:How Did Sam Bankman-Fried Get Bail? by rmk on Saturday December 24, 2022 @02:42AM (#34114854)
It often doesn't (and I'm also questioning what these 'resources' are, as well). It simply dissipates them.
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Re:How Did Sam Bankman-Fried Get Bail? by djrobstep on Saturday December 24, 2022 @03:57AM (#34115174)
When money is redistributed, two things happen:

- The recipients get a greater share of existing resources.

- The changed demand changes supply accordingly. So there might be fewer private jets produced but more food produced, for instance. Thus future production changes too, and the economy is reshaped.

Why do you imagine these things wouldn’t happen?

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