SquidTheDan
SquidTheDan t1_itg2f4u wrote
Reply to [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
This is false because it operates on the assumption that people will put the greater good before their own profits.
SquidTheDan t1_itgvy2m wrote
Reply to comment by Fearfultick0 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
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.