sanitation@lemmy.today to me_irl@lemmy.world · 9 days agoMe_irllemmy.todayimagemessage-square92linkfedilinkarrow-up1581arrow-down121
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minus-squaresaimen@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down3·9 days agoWhere does the abundance come from if nobody is working?
minus-squareNoForwadSlashS@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·9 days agoOk here’s my pitch: murder the top 5 billionaires and liquidate their assets. That’s 2.5 trillion. Everyone on earth gets like 300 bucks. Keep doing that until it evens out a bit. Also grow a vegetable garden.
minus-squaresaimen@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·8 days agoMoney’s worth comes from the ability to buy someon else’s work with it. If no one is working money is worthless.
minus-squareNoForwadSlashS@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 days agoGood, buy someone else’s work by trading for it with some of your own.
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·8 days agoThat’s already how the system works.
Where does the abundance come from if nobody is working?
Ok here’s my pitch: murder the top 5 billionaires and liquidate their assets. That’s 2.5 trillion. Everyone on earth gets like 300 bucks. Keep doing that until it evens out a bit. Also grow a vegetable garden.
Money’s worth comes from the ability to buy someon else’s work with it. If no one is working money is worthless.
Good, buy someone else’s work by trading for it with some of your own.
That’s already how the system works.