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Well "really need" is in the eye of the beholder. Except for staying alive. Do you honestly believe because of Deflation people would only buy the barest minimu
by facepalm 12y ago
Well "really need" is in the eye of the beholder. Except for staying alive. Do you honestly believe because of Deflation people would only buy the barest minimum of things to keep them alive?
And when would you buy a sleeping bag. Maybe it is Minus 5 degrees outside but you can survive that. After all, tomorrow the sleeping back will be 1$ less tomorrow, and after all you'll only die if it's minus 10 degrees?
- mikeash 12y agoI'm not talking about deflation. I'm just addressing your idea that "maybe there are also benefits if people only buy the stuff they actually need." I don't think that this would be a good thing at all. I make no comment about what might cause this to happen, only that it's not a desirable outcome.
- facepalm 12y agoOnly because you choose to interpret "stuff you actually need" in a nitpicking, negative way. You are not trying to understand my point. You said you need certain things like computers. So where is the problem?
- mikeash 12y agoI said I don't need those things, but I want them, and I think a world where people only buy what they need is a world where those things don't exist. If I misinterpreted what you meant by "stuff you actually need" then maybe you should explain what you meant, because I don't see how else it could go.