>Your claim here is based on the utterly false dichotomy that says that helping someone's self image (cutting their hair) and improving their emotional state (s

>Your claim here is based on the utterly false dichotomy that says that helping someone's self image (cutting their hair) and improving their emotional state (saying nice things to them) are not useful. I do think they're useful, it's just that a universal wage would be better. The useful/useless thing was just hyperbole. Sorry. >As prices tend towards zero, it's no longer conspicuous consumption. Then you get servants and an entourage. Point still stands.