• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    I’m talking about a separate issue! Even if rich people don’t exist anymore, something that takes 500h work hours to accomplish will still take 500h to accomplish, you won’t suddenly have to work less.

    • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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      4 months ago

      You are not talking about a separate issue.

      Going off my example from earlier, the Workers would only need to work 3 hours to maintain their standard of living, the extra 7 hours are pocketed by the Capitalist for their enrichment alone.

      Removing the wealth siphons reduces the amount of necessary work, as if you only need 3 hours to cover yourself without a Capitalist involved, you only need to work 3 hours.

      Society overproduces vast amounts of goods and works far longer than necessary purely for Capitalist enrichment, not to cover themselves.