• Tomorrow_Farewell@lemmy.ml
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    6 hours ago

    So, what you are saying is that it is not possible, under capitalism, to provide a solution for the problem that planned economy solves, and that, under capitalism, people will necessarily be tortured by being denied basic necessities like that. If so, I would argue that you are, indeed, correct.

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      23 minutes ago

      Yes. It is not possible, under capitalism, to provide a solution for the problem that planned economy solves: Running out of working age people.

      I’m not exactly sure how a planned economy solves it, but I guess you can explain that to me.

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        3 minutes ago

        Let me remind you that the problem in question was homelessness. Planned economy solve that problem by making it so that all economic agents (in this case we only care about one - the state) are interested in providing guaranteed housing.

        As for running out of working-age people, planned economies have been able to provide favorable conditions to people having children and universal healthcare and guaranteed housing so that people don’t die simply because that would make some rich guy even richer.