Yeah I guess I view the economy as a system for maximizing value. This largely happens through consumptive spending. So this entire thing is a weird backdoor me

Yeah I guess I view the economy as a system for maximizing value. This largely happens through consumptive spending. So this entire thing is a weird backdoor mechanism for giving people money for consumptive spending and burning their labor in exchange. Could you just give people the money without burning their labor in spectacular explosions? Yes. But we don't. :shrugs: