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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Wanting something for free is not greed? Why should writers and other artists work for your pleasure without any reward? So you think it is fine to pay a plumber who fixes your toilet but balk at paying people who bring you many hours of reading pleasure? And when you yourself go to work for someone and you want them to pay you, is that greed?
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I would hope the plumber will fix my toilet because the plumber enjoys fixing toilets. And also because the toilet needs to be fixed.
Nothing is free. Everything has a cost. I don't think we should restrict ourselves to dollars and cents though.
If I went to work at an anarcho-capitalist collective retailer, I would expect an equal share of the profits, if everyone worked at one of these types of institutions...
It's not like the current system isn't about to collapse under the weight of its own toxicity, or is it?
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NOT PAYING ARTISTS. THIS IS ABOUT NOT BEING FORCED TO PAY ARTISTS.
