u/Real_Squirrel_4055

A thought experiment I've been developing: instead of

distributing cash, guarantee food itself as a public utility — an automated supply chain

with near-zero marginal cost — and place capitalism on top for scarcity and experience.

In-kind avoids the "spent on the wrong things" critique and lets you direct nutrition,

but it raises its own problems: boundary arbitrage with the paid sphere, and the

concentration of power over both food and mass attention ("bread and circuses"), which

I argue is the real unsolved core. Curious what this sub thinks about in-kind vs cash on

the specific axis of long-run cooperation. Full write-up (essay + paper, JP/EN) linked in

comments.