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[–] phoneymouse 147 points 1 day ago (40 children)

Bakers make bread. Kill the baker and you got no more bread at all. Bad analogy.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Kill the Baker and people can access the bread, and the resources the Baker was hoarding, and ALSO make bread. Bread making isn't a genetic trait like hair color, it can be learned.

[–] phoneymouse 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You assume those people would 1. Actually make bread and not just eat what was left and then go back to being starving. 2. Somehow not be subject to the same exact economic conditions that required a baker to charge for bread in the first place (ie. Cover the cost of his inputs, afford a place to live, feed and cloth his children, etc.)

Hoarding is a strong word. Rather than blaming a baker that is producing something that benefits other people, why don’t we focus on the people who are starving. Why are they starving? How do we help them make enough to afford bread?

[–] Anticorp 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They're starving because they bought too many lattes.

[–] Neon 3 points 1 day ago

They're starving because they refuse to eat anything other than avocado-toast

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