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  • FastAndBulbous@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    There would also be no incentive for anyone to produce anything beyond what they personally need, which would definitely lead to widespread food shortages. The more food that is produced at once the more efficient the labour is per crop, which is exactly why farms boomed in size after the industrial revolution and advent of farming machinery.

    • decisivelyhoodnoises@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      They incentive would be the prosperity of the community as long as people stop seeing each other competitive. Personal gain over dead bodies is only cancer.

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        8 months ago

        So you think human beings should change their basic hardwired nature? Obviously humans have a tendency to care for the people closest to them over complete strangers. Humans always will come into conflicts of interest. What you’re asking for is for humanity to basically act perfectly all the time.

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          8 months ago

          Sure, they developed this mentality when surviving could also be competitive. When there was not enough food for all and somehow surviving meant that it will not be for all. Now we prefer to destroy tones of food in favor of economy because if there is extra food this means that the price go down

          • FastAndBulbous@lemmy.world
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            8 months ago

            I think there is only so much humans can change. We aren’t beings of infinite moral potential and there will always be points of conflict.