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Let's pay respect in ways other than money too. Money isn't everything and the goal isn't to have everybody ranked by income as a proxy for how useful or how mu

Let's pay respect in ways other than money too. Money isn't everything and the goal isn't to have everybody ranked by income as a proxy for how useful or how much "worth" they are.

haliskerbas 4y ago
In the United States at least, the system is based on capital. And money is a proxy for everything.
- ThunderSizzle 4y ago
  There's a lot more to life than materialism and money, if that's what you want. Sure, money can help, but money can also be a curse - even before your rich.
PenguinCoder 4y ago
Can't pay my bills with "Thank you"s . Give me money.
SimianSci 4y ago
There are vanishingly few places in the US where you can occupy space without paying money. If you don't believe it is all that matters, you will quickly be reminded of how wrong you are to believe that.
- shortcake27 4y ago
  My favourite example of this is Christopher Knight. Fed up with society, he lived alone in a forest for almost 30 years. He broke into people’s houses when they weren’t home to steal batteries and when he was caught and charged, a condition of his release was that he was to re-integrate into society; he was not allowed to return to the forest. This is a really good reminder that you are only free to do what you want as long as you produce for the economy. If you don’t produce, the country will find a way to force you.
  - starwind 4y ago
    In your example I think it's more like "If you don’t stop stealing, the country will find a way to force you."
- barbazoo 4y ago
  I know what you mean and it's obviously true. I just wish it wasn't and it begins with all of us to change that. If we keep it up without adjusting how much we pay people for their work based on how important their work is to society then you'll just have people always chasing the money and doing whatever gets them up the ladder with a net loss to society I'd presume.
mitthrowaway2 4y ago
That's exactly what this post is. But I'd also like to be able to afford to not share a bedroom with my kids. That costs a lot these days.

Let's pay respect in ways other than money too. Money isn't everything and the goal isn't to have everybody ranked by income as a proxy for how useful or how much "worth" they are.

haliskerbas 4y ago

In the United States at least, the system is based on capital. And money is a proxy for everything.

ThunderSizzle 4y ago
There's a lot more to life than materialism and money, if that's what you want. Sure, money can help, but money can also be a curse - even before your rich.

PenguinCoder 4y ago

Can't pay my bills with "Thank you"s . Give me money.

SimianSci 4y ago

There are vanishingly few places in the US where you can occupy space without paying money. If you don't believe it is all that matters, you will quickly be reminded of how wrong you are to believe that.

shortcake27 4y ago
My favourite example of this is Christopher Knight. Fed up with society, he lived alone in a forest for almost 30 years. He broke into people’s houses when they weren’t home to steal batteries and when he was caught and charged, a condition of his release was that he was to re-integrate into society; he was not allowed to return to the forest. This is a really good reminder that you are only free to do what you want as long as you produce for the economy. If you don’t produce, the country will find a way to force you.
- starwind 4y ago
  In your example I think it's more like "If you don’t stop stealing, the country will find a way to force you."
barbazoo 4y ago
I know what you mean and it's obviously true. I just wish it wasn't and it begins with all of us to change that. If we keep it up without adjusting how much we pay people for their work based on how important their work is to society then you'll just have people always chasing the money and doing whatever gets them up the ladder with a net loss to society I'd presume.

mitthrowaway2 4y ago

That's exactly what this post is. But I'd also like to be able to afford to not share a bedroom with my kids. That costs a lot these days.