Fearfultick0 t1_itguy7e wrote on October 23, 2022 at 3:38 PM

Reply to comment by SquidTheDan in [Tool] All of the problems in this world could be solved with a motivated populace who prided themselves on being involved with the intellectual debates of the day with a good faith effort to make things better. by straight-lampin

People who think debate is the only thing keeping us from Eutopia don’t understand that most of our social ills arise from scarcity, rather than character flaws.

SquidTheDan t1_itgvy2m wrote on October 23, 2022 at 3:45 PM

True. However, much of that scarcity is engineered and enforced to maintain a certain social hierarchy. There's enough food on Earth to feed the population, there is far more than space to comfortably house everyone. The problem is that some have far more than they need, leaving the rest to fight over the scraps.