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<blockquote data-quote="22LR" data-source="post: 571673" data-attributes="member: 24005"><p>Is that where I can learn "common sense" economic rules like the "trickle down theory"?</p><p></p><p>I'll agree to take that class at the same time you read up on the Labor Theory of Value.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But there are enough resources today, right now, to meet the needs of every human being on earth. That is a fact. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A common misnomer pushed by capitalist ideologues. </p><p></p><p>Things are kept intentionally "rare" in order to raise prices. Diamonds are kept in the ground and out of the market to keep up prices. Huge amounts of grains are left to rot or are dumped to keep the prices up. Gasoline production is slowed down every summer (when demand is highest) to bring up prices. Airlines run 1 overbooked flight where they could run 2 half-full flights, in order to maximize profit and raise prices on "rare" seats.</p><p></p><p>In countries where large numbers of people starve to death grains and other foodstuffs are actually exported. Profit is the motive. Then they claim there was a famine.</p><p></p><p>When workers control production, we'll do so in the interest of meeting our own needs, not making the most profit. We'll unleash the full potential of nature and technology. We won't slow down production, resource gathering, etc., to raise prices.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If everyone wants a prime steak, and there aren't enough to go around (due to the legacy of capitalist profit seeking), we'll simply farm more of the cows that they come from. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'll be sure to mention that trickle down next time I talk to my dad who lives in a one bedroom house in West Virginia, with water that comes from a cistern, with a 1985 Buick in the driveway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="22LR, post: 571673, member: 24005"] Is that where I can learn "common sense" economic rules like the "trickle down theory"? I'll agree to take that class at the same time you read up on the Labor Theory of Value. But there are enough resources today, right now, to meet the needs of every human being on earth. That is a fact. A common misnomer pushed by capitalist ideologues. Things are kept intentionally "rare" in order to raise prices. Diamonds are kept in the ground and out of the market to keep up prices. Huge amounts of grains are left to rot or are dumped to keep the prices up. Gasoline production is slowed down every summer (when demand is highest) to bring up prices. Airlines run 1 overbooked flight where they could run 2 half-full flights, in order to maximize profit and raise prices on "rare" seats. In countries where large numbers of people starve to death grains and other foodstuffs are actually exported. Profit is the motive. Then they claim there was a famine. When workers control production, we'll do so in the interest of meeting our own needs, not making the most profit. We'll unleash the full potential of nature and technology. We won't slow down production, resource gathering, etc., to raise prices. If everyone wants a prime steak, and there aren't enough to go around (due to the legacy of capitalist profit seeking), we'll simply farm more of the cows that they come from. I'll be sure to mention that trickle down next time I talk to my dad who lives in a one bedroom house in West Virginia, with water that comes from a cistern, with a 1985 Buick in the driveway. [/QUOTE]
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