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> people who were willing to wipe old peoples' asses when the economy is bad rather than wale about the circumstances. Isn’t there some quote about old men pla
by ajsixjxjxbxb 1y ago
> people who were willing to wipe old peoples' asses when the economy is bad rather than wale about the circumstances.
Isn’t there some quote about old men planting trees whose shade they’ll never know? Was that just a myth or did those generations actually exist?
- ty6853 1y agoThe vast majority of trees are planted because the value of a sapling ismore than a seedling. It doesn't matter that you will never know the shade, and that the sapling is worthless for industrial purposes, you can profit quite quickly. To be more explicit, the time value of something closer is higher than one further, so you can actually induce under even a hypercapitalist society any arbitrarily long delay investment with 0 'real' payoff until the end.
- otikik 1y agoUnclear origin, here's some investigation: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/04/29/tree-shade/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/04/29/tree-shade/