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economies of scale are why we are rich, imagine if you had to grow your own vegetables
by dustingetz 5y ago
economies of scale are why we are rich, imagine if you had to grow your own vegetables
- advael 5y agoMost of the vegetables I eat are grown in my backyard. As for "why we are rich", who is the "we" in that sentence? You? Me? Some aggregate across millions - maybe even billions - of people that's meaningless to most of them?
- pc86 5y agoYou're right, since you grow your own vegetables the entire global economy doesn't make any sense and is stupid.
- advael 5y agoYou chose the example, not me. Also, my contention isn't that the global economy doesn't make sense, of course it makes sense, otherwise it wouldn't be there. What I'm saying is that prioritizing economies of scale is good for the bottom line of companies that do it and generally bad for everyone else on long timescales
- pc86 5y agoI didn't choose any example.
- richwater 5y agoDumb anecdote not replicated in the real world.
- thaumasiotes 5y agoIt's entirely possible that many people satisfy the claim "most of the vegetables I eat are grown in my backyard". But we can safely read advael's claim as stating "I don't eat very many vegetables", not "I produce enough food to feed myself".
- advael 5y agoI'm lucky to have a decently large yard in a decently arable part of the world. The garden in my home produces enough fresh vegetables for my (moderate) needs, but it certainly doesn't produce all the food I eat.