As a builder of beautiful things, this post really frosts my cookies.
This entire post fails to address one of the most essential elements of human life. Even the final image, "Scarcity vs Abundance" shouts at how unimportant the human is.
Lets unpack Scarcity vs Abundance:
We already grow more food than is needed by the entire planet.
So why are their still hungry people?
Having more than enough, does not create Abundance.
Having robots make even more, does not create abundance.
Being denied property rights is what creates scarcity.
Look at two cultures on the same island in the Bahamas hit by a hurricane.
One side recovered quickly, the other side is still a war zone.
The difference? Property rights.
If you can't keep something that you put effort into, then why put any effort into it?
And the biggest piece, is if you do not own it, you tend to be a very poor caretaker of the stuff.
The outcome of what is written above is a large landfill with a bunch of broken junk. Humans that have no meaning t their lives. And many people going without.
I agree with you. Take away property and property rights, and things get ugly very quickly.
You think within concepts of monetary market system and give examples if behaviour from monetary market system. This is article about RBE not capitalism.
I refer you to my previous RBE articles and future ones for RBE basics.
Nope. Nope and Nope.
I am quite familiar with RBE. I was hooked for a little while until I found its flaws, and those flaws destroy humans. So, I will not be getting on board with RBE.
Here are some ideas, and leads to even more advanced ideas on something better than a money based exchange system.
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Capitalism is what causes scaricity you goof, that's why not everybody is fed or housed, as it's not profitable, it's cheaper to simply throw it away.
I bet that you believe I am a capitalist. Probably even a capitalist pig. I am not.
Captialism is actually not the culprit here. The problem almost always stems from govern-cement.
It is illegal to feed the homeless in many cities. Problem? govern-cement.
Many places in Africa that have starving people. Is the problem lack of food? Nope, its govern-cement.
It is true that capitalism does not have a pricing mechanism for charity.
But it doesn't stop charity.
However, govern-cements make charity cost prohibitive.
If you were a supplier of food stuffs, and you wanted to give your excess away, well, that is a huge amount of regulations you now need to follow, plus you are taking on a mountain of potential liability.
It's illegal for citizens to feed the homeless sometimes, not for stores/restaurants to give away free food or leftovers.
They simply choose to pour bleach on the surplus rather than give it away as "it encourages people to not buy food."
All they have to do is simply not pour bleach on the food, or simply require a waiver signing away liability from mold or other issues.
They just don't care.
I covered that part already.
But I guess you have never been an entrepreneur and had to deal with regulations, insurance and actual liability.
And a homeless person of questionable sanity cannot be held responsible for what they sign.
Going to jail for a citizen feeding the homeless is nothing but a slap on the wrist in comparison. Would you seriously risk your business and all your employee's livelihoods?
Are you seriously saying that them pouring bleach on products they threw in the bin is to protect them from a lawsuit?
Yes, I am seriously saying that.
And yes, that is why they are doing that.
If you don't believe me, you can go and ask them yourself.
Most places just have you lock the dumpster.
Its all about following regulations.
Supermarkets can't be held liable for what is thrown away, that's why there are some supermarkets or bagel shops that do not do that.
Literally google "supermarket bleach food" and you'll find plenty of articles talking about it.
They do it just to waste the food. It has nothing to do with regulations, if it did they'd require such dumpsters to be locked up behind a fence. They don't.
I think that there is no more liability once it is disposed in a dumpster, so there is no reason to pour a bleach over it or lock it up.