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The Secret History of How the Super-Rich Have Kept the Working Class Out of Work (theintercept.com)
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Tim Gurner, the viral Australian multimillionaire who wants more workers to be unemployed, was debunked by an economist in 1943.

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[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Part of it is wealth disparity. Basic necessities take up a lot of the average persons income and they canot afford to higher someone like themselves to do things while those of great wealth can hire many with at most trivial impact to their income. It does not help that so few are involved in food production now so much of the disparity is disparity in production of necessities.