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You're demonstrating a completely unhinged lack of understanding of the function of a market economy, and it looks like you are buying into the ridiculous Labor

You're demonstrating a completely unhinged lack of understanding of the function of a market economy, and it looks like you are buying into the ridiculous Labor Theory of Value there. I apologize if my response didn't correspond to your delusions.

streetfighter64 5d ago
Call it "Labor Theory of Value" or whatever you want. Just explain why it's more "delusional" to believe that money can't work, than to believe it can? At least me, I haven't seen any paper bills walking around screwing rockets together. Perhaps Musk has a bunch of coins putting together data centers for him? Perhaps he's writing a check and leaving it to code up new features for twitter for him. Hmm, I've never seen a check use a keyboard. But I guess it's possible. I'd be delusional to not believe it. Surely it's not poor people in Africa mining metals to put in those teslas? No, no. It's his money that's going down into those mines. Just a stack of bills wielding a pickaxe. Oh, did you mean he's just renting out his "assets" to people? In other words, restricting access unless people pay him. Well, there are terms for that [0] [1] Oh, wait, maybe you mean he's like a drop-shipper but for people's labor? Buying cheaply and reselling at a markup, without adding any real value? Well, that is surely a commendable goal. Market efficiency! [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usury https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usury ( For the record I didn't "flag" your response above, I think it's just annoying when people do that as it disrupts the discussion, now people can no longer refer back and see what was said. But oh well, I've been on the other side of people "flagging" stuff just because they disagree with it too. )

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You're demonstrating a completely unhinged lack of understanding of the function of a market economy, and it looks like you are buying into the ridiculous Labor

by pfdietz 5d ago

streetfighter64 5d ago
Call it "Labor Theory of Value" or whatever you want. Just explain why it's more "delusional" to believe that money can't work, than to believe it can? At least me, I haven't seen any paper bills walking around screwing rockets together. Perhaps Musk has a bunch of coins putting together data centers for him? Perhaps he's writing a check and leaving it to code up new features for twitter for him. Hmm, I've never seen a check use a keyboard. But I guess it's possible. I'd be delusional to not believe it. Surely it's not poor people in Africa mining metals to put in those teslas? No, no. It's his money that's going down into those mines. Just a stack of bills wielding a pickaxe. Oh, did you mean he's just renting out his "assets" to people? In other words, restricting access unless people pay him. Well, there are terms for that [0] [1] Oh, wait, maybe you mean he's like a drop-shipper but for people's labor? Buying cheaply and reselling at a markup, without adding any real value? Well, that is surely a commendable goal. Market efficiency! [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usury https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usury ( For the record I didn't "flag" your response above, I think it's just annoying when people do that as it disrupts the discussion, now people can no longer refer back and see what was said. But oh well, I've been on the other side of people "flagging" stuff just because they disagree with it too. )