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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Literally the only thing you 100% need to survive that is also 100% free if you live among society and don't produce it yourself is the air you breathe.

Hell even if you produce your own food and have water on your land, you're gonna be paying taxes for it all, so even that isn't exactly free.

[–] itsAsin 50 points 2 years ago (1 children)

it doesn't say "free", it says "for profit".

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

It literally says "sold for profit" not "free"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yes. “That isn’t exactly free” indeed.

We give power to greed and it has corrupted our institutions. We differentiate far to little between personal ownership (to maintain and survive) and private ownership (to profit and expand) when it comes to taxes.

Any system where people will die from lack of resources should be abolished.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

These Canadian wild fires are fucking that up... i honestly don't think that's something that will last forever.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

If a business can't afford to pay a living wage to its laborers for a a fair price to its customers, let it die. That's what capitalism is for my doors.

If the business is so special and important that letting it die would mess yo shit up, then make it a publicly owned service. That's what organized government is for doods.

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