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> For example, a solution could be as simple as America financially supporting its citizens like other countries have done Money is not nutritious when eaten.
by microcolonel 6y ago
> For example, a solution could be as simple as America financially supporting its citizens like other countries have done
Money is not nutritious when eaten.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoI believe the parent's point is this: We need an economy that produces a certain amount of stuff - food, water, electricity, fuel, healthcare. We can't just make that stuff appear by moving or printing money, we have to actually produce the stuff. Now, I know, that was the idea behind "critical infrastructure" - we had to keep those things running, even if we shut down everything else. But the longer we shut down, I suspect the more things we find that are critical. (Made up example: Water is critical, so water treatment is critical, so the chemicals used are critical, so the ingredients to manufacture them are critical, so certain kinds of mining are critical, so eventually mining machinery is critical.)
- microcolonel 6y agoIt turns out the majority of things people work on are a critical and fragile component of the supply chain of an essential good or service.
- ceejayoz 6y ago> Money is not nutritious when eaten. Neither is an empty cupboard, which a lack of money can lead to.