But still paid employees and owners that would not have an income, a basic wage for not working?
A little more, if they choose not to have children. At least until the population explosion is stopped or reversed.
We should focus on feeding, housing and taking care of people in need, not eating unhealthy food at expensive restaurants, driving expensive cars, and other stuff. Logically and ethically, that's what should happen until we solve our problems.
Imagine, a whole bunch of people being paid for nothing. What would they do? Spend money? Yes, but just on basics. Nothing luxurious would be available until everyone was fed and housed. No more rich. Sounds like communism or socialism. But only until the world's problems were solved. Music, philosophy, thought, science, and other mental activities would flourish, I think. People would spend all day trying to exercise, do charity work...
I am afraid that the world's problems will not be fully addressed in time, even though we have the resources to do it. Actually, the rich have most of it, but everyone has to participate.
The world as it is now is run by the rich and is basically a system to make the rich richer.
Once you have more money than you need, you can save and invest. The ordinary person has more money than they actually need for just necessities, so they can save and invest. But society teaches you to be ashamed of driving a beat up car or wearing cheap clothing, so most people spend instead of saving. Something is wrong.
The rich looking down on the poor contributed to this feeling of being ashamed if you are not outwardly rich or attractive. Stop buying into it.
I would probably be a really "bad" leader of the world. A "true" dictator.
Alas, the majority have extreme cognitive dissonance and prefer to avoid such thoughts.
Is the feeling of mostly content and somewhat satisfied in life from God? Or is it because of my middle class life? Both, probably.
Are life and consciousness a kind of dimension? That's going to take some time to think about. Where to start? Thinking through the void to new discoveries and conclusions, sometimes. Usually end up with other more difficult questions.
