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Why do people write like this? So much preamble. Unnecessary metaphors. Just make your point and be done with it.
by Hnrobert42 5mo ago
Why do people write like this? So much preamble. Unnecessary metaphors. Just make your point and be done with it.
- SilasX 5mo agoHaha agreed, but remember, it's posted on lit[erature]hub, not tech[nical]hub.
- kristianc 5mo agoBecause "money and physical things are conflated in our thinking" is simple enough to sound trite.
- 8note 5mo agoit isnt really though a ton of countries have been selling real stuff for basically nothing to the states to get some dollars back. i think canada is better off keeping potash and oil and copper and so on than sending it down south, and the chinese are better off using the manufactured goods than selling them for usd
- kristianc 5mo agotrading their goods and services for money brought nearly a billion Chinese out of extreme poverty so I'm not sure they'd agree
- jurgenburgen 5mo agoThey did also exchange that money for machines and technology that made them more productive. I imagine there are still products they want from the US.
- Rury 5mo agoIt's as if the author doesn't understand why various forms of money came to exist, and why there are disagreements over monetary ideas/matters.
- toasty228 5mo agoWhy do people even write, just so us pictures am I right ?
- subw00f 5mo agoWhy waste time say lot word, if few word do trick