A short primer for: communists/democrats/progressives/socialists...
"Scarcity" is what the study of economics is based upon. The basic concept of economics is the law of supply and demand. The reason it's called a "law" is that if it is violated, there are consequences.
Bare with me on this...
Where the supply and demand curves intersect, is where the price of a good or service is determined. The question then becomes the price in what currency? There in lies the problem.
Scarcity...
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“A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government.
A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury.
From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.” - Alexander Fraser Tytler
The amazing trick is central bankers convince folks we’re post scarcity. Then they carefully buy up as many assets as possible. Then when the bubble bursts, they buy up the rest.
Progressive leftism is a Trojan horse for an oligarchy of elites running a world that serves their endless greed.
If I lived in Greece I would be stockpiling toilet paper, Tylenol, and batteries. Anything that would sell well on the black market once the rationing and shortages start.