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> People are significantly more productive than say 50 years ago due to technological advancement. So where is all the money going?

People have far better lives considering all the things available to them compared to 50 years ago. Most people would not want to live life like how people lived it 50 years ago.

> It's not normal that a single person can legally own tens of apartments and get a third or each tenant's salary without providing any value to society. It's not normal that companies can own residential properties, they have no use for them other than extracting money from people.

This is definitely a problem but I don't think the only one.



Plenty of people would want to live life how people lived before 2008 though, or even 2015.

Over the past decade life expectancy in developed countries first plateaued, then declined.

Yes, largely due to the pandemic, but that plateau was also the beginning of decline in some places.


> This is definitely a problem but I don't think the only one.

Certainly. Planned obsolescence and devices being impossible (or illegal) to repair is another. If a device costs 20% less but lasts only half a long, buyers are losing money because the profits go to the rich more often.

Food has ingredients and an expiration date on the packaging as required by law. Expected lifespan should be required for petty much everything.




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