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Re:The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore by jl6 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @01:53PM (#36933988)
It was only ever good conditions for some. If wealth redistributes faster than wealth grows, those some will experience loss while society at large experiences net gain.
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Re:The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore by eli_gottlieb on Sunday July 30, 2023 @02:46PM (#36934585)
> If wealth redistributes faster than wealth grows

And can we see this in any dataset, that the post-WW2 boom eventually gave more away in charity than it produced?

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