wedrifid comments on Rationality Quotes September 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 07 September 2012 04:47:29PM 3 points [-]

A more popular way is to find someone else who owns stuff, then take their stuff.

That counts as work.

Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 07 September 2012 06:43:24PM 1 point [-]

Not if it's in the form of "Be poor in a country that taxes the rich to give to the poor".

Comment author: DanArmak 07 September 2012 06:16:06PM 0 points [-]

No, you just need to own enough stuff to pay workers to take even more stuff from others.

Comment author: wedrifid 08 September 2012 04:29:03AM 2 points [-]

No, you just need to own enough stuff to pay workers to take even more stuff from others.

The way to divorce income from work is to pay others to do the work for you? Yes, that works.