I didn't vote but I guess the downvotes are because it calls the parent claim a "myth" and then goes on to agree with it.

The scarcity that made food and housing not free in practice is why monetization (capitalism) ended up being better, which I assume was MikePlacid's point.

Capitalism has problems for sure, but it eliminates scarcity more efficiently than any other system we have tried so far.

Capitalism may share the abundance unevenly, but it still creates it in the first place, which is key.