• davetortoise@reddthat.com
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    5 days ago

    A vast, vast amount of work in modern economies just objectively does not need to be done for any good reason, but is performed to keep capitalism from collapsing in on itself.

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      And typically the less money someone makes the more vital they are for society to function.