I'm sure I've missed some other good points in this thread. (Feel free to add them!)
The main point is: WE ARE DOING CAPITALISM WRONG.
EDIT: I'm getting pushback on this point, so I'd like to clarify. I'm using "capitalism" as it is used in the typical 'Murican vocabulary. Please substitute "free market economy" if you know the difference between the two. I am 100% against extraction of wealth as passive income for wealthy people who contribute nothing. But if I say I'm against capitalism here in the US, people will assume I actually mean freedom and that I'm a dirty soviet.
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