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Note the fact that I did not mention money. I mentioned wealth. Holding a huge bag of money is useless because as you stated, people can now choose to use anoth

Note the fact that I did not mention money. I mentioned wealth. Holding a huge bag of money is useless because as you stated, people can now choose to use another currency and I lose all my money, it becomes worthless. Or people can work for each other, without money. But what if I own all the productive land? What if I own a corporation that manufactures a product you depend on? This is wealth.

anonymouskimmer 3y ago
> But what if I own all the productive land? What if I own a corporation that manufactures a product you depend on? This is wealth. If people won't take your money to defend your wealth, then your wealth belongs to whoever takes it. It's only the rule of law that allows material wealth to exist. This is a very strong force, and is effectively insurmountable in most circumstances in lands with well-functioning governments. But things like the following do, very rarely, happen even in them: https://morbidology.com/the-town-that-got-away-with-murder/ https://morbidology.com/the-town-that-got-away-with-murder/