Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where ‘machines can make all the food and stuff’ isn’t a bad idea::“A society where you only have to work three days a week, that’s probably OK,” Bill Gates said.

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People who sell things that are in high demand and necessary for survival generally are not in the practice of denying people access to those things.

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Um healthcare?

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Health care providers are not in the habit of denying care. Health insurers are because they have a perverse incentives to do so - this is why they should not exist

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Exactly the people who sell the thing in high demand the issurers are in the business of denying care to people by raising prices on healthcare. I feel like your mind is in the right place I agree insurance companies shouldn’t exist but what you said in your first comment is false large companies who sell high demand products absolutely gouge on prices all of the time.

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Also, What mind bending drugs are you on? Healthcare is riddled with examples of denied insurance claims for treatments.

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if you won’t deny a thing to someone it’s pretty hard to sell it to anyone

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Then i have got a bridge to sell you. Its quite necessary you see…

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denying people access to those things.

The only way I can reconcile your statement is if you finish it with “if they can afford it”. Which also makes your statement meaningless. No one was ever arguing that business denies products/services to those who can pay for them.

Health care, food, and shelter are all in high demand, necessary for survival, and if you can’t afford it, you are denied it.

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No one was ever arguing that business denies products/services to those who can pay for them.

“If they can afford it” suggests otherwise.

Yes, things do indeed cost money and always will until we discover replicator tech.

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