Comment by freeqaz

All things in balance. It's often easier to get stuff done with more hands, and it's a lot easier when you're able to pay for people's time.

There are plenty of counter-examples to this (writing OSS software, farming your own land with a commune, etc), but in general it's easier to get stuff done when you can throw cash at it, at least in late stage capitalism. It'd be hard to build a company like SpaceX without a boatload of cash!