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by unprepare 12y ago
A shortage is a lack of supply, a company unwilling to pay above $X is not a shortage of supply, it is a shortage of demand. If we have a shortage of carrots, we dont have enough carrots at ANY price. If people are unwilling to pay 5$/
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by unprepare 12y ago
So is a student who is willing to pay 10$ doing the wrong thing when they use the student discount and pay only 7$? If not, why is it wrong for a non-student to desire paying only 7$?
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by unprepare 12y ago
>In order to be useful the basic income has to be a substantial fraction of the median income Woah thats a pretty crazy assumption - basic income only needs to provide enough income for basic needs to be useful - are you trying to say th
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by unprepare 12y ago
lets think about it. Basic income is implemented tomorrow. First, only the people making up to the amount of the basic income would be willing to quit their jobs - anyone making more than needed to survive would certainly continue wanting
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by unprepare 12y ago
You've still denied the original producer a potential sale. the person you sold your phone to might have bought one directly from apple instead. So by the other commenters line of reasoning, you have stolen "value" The fact
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by unprepare 12y ago
>If you create something and offer it for sale, yet every single person simply pirated it vs. buying it from you, then haven't they removed the value of this thing that you still own? I think this is where the misunderstanding occur
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by unprepare 12y ago
It is not stealing because theres is nothing that the original owner had and now does not have. you could try to say that the person who downloaded something represents a potential sale lost, but i think its a bigger assumption than you are