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minus-squarestyle99@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoMoney only has value if you believe it has value.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoIt’s why taxes were invented. Nothing gives currency value as being beaten by not giving it back to the king’s men.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days ago Money only has value if you believe because the ones with power over everyone else say it has value. Fixed it for you. Much as we want to, we can’t will away the oppression without first overthrowing the oppressors.
minus-squareRagdoll X@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoMoney is fake, scarcity is manufactured, capitalism is a scam Unfortunately a lot of people have fallen for the scam…
minus-squareQuacksalber@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoWait, wasn’t the whole point of climate change that we use more resources than the ecosystem can replenish?
minus-squareMachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoNope. Climate change is a pollution issue. Reducing consumption can reduce pollution, but paying or not paying for a digital copy of something has effectively zero cost in the form of natural resources or pollution.
minus-squareQuacksalber@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoI’m not saying that the scarcity of digital goods isn’t bullshit, but it’s rarely what keeps people poor.
minus-squareMachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-26 days agoThe comment I responded to was regarding climate change and resource consumption, and piracy’s “impact” on them, so …
minus-squareQuacksalber@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-26 days agoI didn’t understand the meme I responded to to be exclusively talking about piracy.
minus-squarealvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoYep. Entertainers get the big bucks because millions and billions of normal people spend a lot of time and money being entertained by them. And we are always looking for the cool and funny next thing. And hawk tua girl legitimately entertained millions of us for 30 seconds.
minus-squareWorx@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoMoney only has value if you like using it to buy food and shelter
Money only has value if you believe it has value.
It’s why taxes were invented. Nothing gives currency value as being beaten by not giving it back to the king’s men.
Fixed it for you. Much as we want to, we can’t will away the oppression without first overthrowing the oppressors.
$20 can by many peanuts!
Money is fake, scarcity is manufactured, capitalism is a scam
Unfortunately a lot of people have fallen for the scam…
Wait, wasn’t the whole point of climate change that we use more resources than the ecosystem can replenish?
Nope. Climate change is a pollution issue. Reducing consumption can reduce pollution, but paying or not paying for a digital copy of something has effectively zero cost in the form of natural resources or pollution.
I’m not saying that the scarcity of digital goods isn’t bullshit, but it’s rarely what keeps people poor.
The comment I responded to was regarding climate change and resource consumption, and piracy’s “impact” on them, so …
I didn’t understand the meme I responded to to be exclusively talking about piracy.
Yep.
Entertainers get the big bucks because millions and billions of normal people spend a lot of time and money being entertained by them.
And we are always looking for the cool and funny next thing. And hawk tua girl legitimately entertained millions of us for 30 seconds.
Money only has value if you like using it to buy food and shelter