'Under the Enrichment Laws, consumers have to spend a fixed quota of dollars each month, depending on their strata. Hoarding is an anti-corpocratic crime.' (An Orison of Somni ~451, p.237)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Forced spending and criminalizing saving reveal dystopian consumer controls.
- In plain terms
- The law makes you spend money even if you want to save.
- What can you take from it?
- Controlled economies force consumption.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Should saving be criminalized?
- What is economic freedom?
Another view
Some stimulus policies encourage spending for economic reasons.
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