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If there’s no product or service to be consumed, there’s no value produced either. That’s the point: it’s harmful to eliminate the incentive to produce.
by otterley 3mo ago
If there’s no product or service to be consumed, there’s no value produced either. That’s the point: it’s harmful to eliminate the incentive to produce.
- inigyou 3mo agoWhat if only the incentive to produce bad things is eliminated
- monkpit 3mo ago* definition of bad is subjective and may vary depending upon which lobby group has the most cash to throw around
- inigyou 3mo agono, I referred to actual bad things
- otterley 3mo agoThe point is still correct. People often disagree on what is good and what is bad. It’s a judgement, not an indisputable fact.
- readread 3mo agoOh good, nothing's possible then, we should give up on regulating bad things because hitmen think murder isn't bad when they do it.
- otterley 3mo agoHow did you arrive at that conclusion? Laws are the result of debate between sides and the prevailing opinion. The fact that laws aren’t identical in every jurisdiction worldwide reflects that there isn’t universal agreement on every question. Also, sarcasm isn’t welcome here. Please read the HN guidelines.
- readread 3mo ago> Also, sarcasm isn’t welcome here. Please read the HN guidelines. Ah yes, I didn't couch my post in any of the various, rampant HN-friendly versions of shitposting. I'll try to follow your example from here on out. Excellent touch citing the guidelines at me after your role in this thread, A+. Re-reads this thread, taking notes
- Y_Y 3mo agoYou can hardly expect a greenname to have mastered such a subtle art.
- readread 3mo agoI abandon accounts when they get way into the hundreds of karma, generally, or a couple times I’ve let it get a ways into the thousands before destroying the password. I prefer not to become attached to it, and find the minor clout of recognition (upvoted comments that probably ought not have been…) kinda gross.
- inigyou 3mo agoYou shouldn't admit to multi-accounting. It's grounds to be shadowbanned.
- readread 3mo agoMeh. I never have more than one at once, and destroy my access to old ones before creating a new one (often taking weeks or months off from posting in between). I'd be a lot more "dangerous" or "risky" if I were sitting on an old tens-of-thousands-of-karma account, which is what I'd have otherwise. People routinely create alts just to post sensitive stuff and seem to do fine, and presumably they are keeping multiple accounts active at once. [EDIT] I mean plus if I gave that many shits about being able to post on HN, I'd probably care a lot more about holding on to my precious karma in the first place, no?
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- inigyou 3mo agoso why do anything if it's impossible to tell what's good and what's bad?
- Avicebron 3mo agoPeople will _always_ need things. There are very few things that will eliminate people's need for things and producers will of course adapt to the environment. What we need is an environment that does not give the producers asymmetric power over consumers and the products will naturally align with that.