Tony Abdo wrote:

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>"Artificial" also refers to more than economy running at below full
>capacity.    There is also the small matter of what is being produced.
>Under capitalism, -the what- causes more squalor than -the how much-.

You have a point, but the point I was discussing is more fundamental. It is
conceivable that capitalism could adapt to producing different things, but
it is clear that producing enough of everything to satisfy all material
human needs is incompatible with the capitalist system.

Bill bartlett
Bracknell tas.