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		ctdonath on March 1, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Wh... We only have that much because of the incentive to produce. Redistribute, by compulsion, the fruits of one’s labors and most will soon stop laboring. I may be able to support >10, but compel me to and my productivity will plummet.

mandmandam on March 1, 2021 [–]

"compel me to and my productivity will plummet."

What you call incentive is really compulsion, just of a more extreme form.

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