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jiriknesl 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The Importance of Being Idle

"The average person gets no benefit from this" this is a very bad take.

In Europe, innovation in the end help everyone. Better healthcare starts with the rich, and ends distributed to everyone. The same is true for everything else.

bregma 5 months ago [–]

Ah, the good old "trickle down" theory of Thatcher and Reagan. Remember how much better off we became when we gave more to the wealthy?

marcosdumay 5 months ago | [–]

Do you have any evidence that new products don't start expensive and become accessible when they mature?

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