Comment · Sun, July 22, 2012
$21tn: hoard hidden from taxman by global elite
What they were answering
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None of these try to eliminate greed or even proclaim it to be a human flaw. Rather, they claim that the production and distribution of goods should be based on things other or in addition to greed, such as mutual aid. Capitalism and its free market economy requires violence to be used in order to enforce private property. Id claim that this is less free than a commons-based economy. The freedom to prevent everyone else from using private property is a far greater blow to total freedom than the freedom of allowing everyone to use certain private property. Consider the society which maximizes effiecency: one of violently enforced round the clock slave labor. Surely this is not a society in which you would like to live. Id argue that a certain amount of ineffeciency is a favorable thing.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
They don't specifically say "greed," but that is what they are trying to eliminate. Trying to modify the distribution of goods and services more evenly, or promote mutual aid, is basically a more politically correct way of preventing greed in a market. Slavery is in no way efficient! They just have a great enough supply of workers to account for that. I am talking about real efficiency that could be gained by a free and educated workforce. Efficiency is the best result for the effort, not the best result period. Inefficiency is NEVER a favorable thing.