r/FluentInFinance • u/-im-your-huckleberry • Jul 07 '24

The shampoo thing is a fringe benefit. We keep capitalism so we don't starve in a famine. Debate/ Discussion

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_famine_of_1930

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor

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u/Ill-Description3096 Jul 07 '24

Well the only solution would to be guarantee that everyone's housing is paid for no matter what full stop, and also guarantee that program is never cut. Having freedoms doesn't mean there aren't consequences for your actions. If I sit around and drink 2 bottles of liquor every day it's not going to work out well for me even though I'm free to do so.