That’s generally how good governments work yes.

fooker · 2026-01-16T10:35:14 1768559714

At some point you run out of other people’s money and have bread lines.

hsbauauvhabzb · 2026-01-16T12:15:49 1768565749

But if you don’t spend money, you will also become a failed state because the infrastructure required to generate value has failed.

exitb · 2026-01-16T10:52:38 1768560758

So far it looks like we're going to run out of people first.

UncleMeat · 2026-01-16T13:04:52 1768568692

What? Bread lines are a response to poverty caused by a failure of the market and typically involve institutions giving out free bread using other people's money.

nec4b · 2026-01-16T21:30:00 1768599000

Could you expand more on how bread lines in Soviet Union were a failure of the market?