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[–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 month ago (3 children)

when the rich can just live on investment income

How do you think they make that money? Primarily off of consumerism. If we all collectively decided to share what we have and stop buying what we don't need, there could be no passive income, not at the scale it exists today, anyways.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

We also need to outlaw landlords. Owning land is not a job and it's certainly not a business.

[–] trashpanda@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago

Only raccoons could be owners of land :D

[–] Fluke@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago
[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Consumerism is used for wealth redistribution.

Real wealth production occurs when machines create work, saving time. Work = money.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 month ago

I guess? With enough money you can just buy bonds, which sort of depend on consumerism but indirectly. Some municipal bonds return like 5%. 5% of a shit load of money is enough to live on.