Cory Doctorow on Nostr: But, if this society doesn't include some kind of mechanism to address the fact that ...
But, if this society doesn't include some kind of mechanism to address the fact that capital is still growing faster than the economy - even a post-war boom economy - then eventually the share of wealth held by the rich will reach a tipping point, and we'll see policies that benefit the wealthy crowding out policies that support human thriving, and the rich will get richer, and they will feud with each other, and society will destabilize, and we will face collapse.
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