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this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2024
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Unregulated capitalism will be the death of us all.
Capitalism will be the death of us all.
Only once there's no longer a profit in keeping us alive.
So we've got a couple good years left in us!
The death of us all will be the death of us all.
The death of death will be the death of death.
The of will be the of
I'll take it one step further: currency was a bad idea that turned resource allocation into a number-go-up game.
Disagree. Currency allowed the flourishing of civilization. You can't effectively trade between cultures or at long distances on the barter system.
What we've done with currency since then, yeah, maybe we're on the same side there. But currency, created as an abstract for value, was a great invention. Civilization as we know it would not have been possible without it.
Though, now that I mention that.... maybe civilization "as we know it" isn't so hot after all.
Don't you love when you end up talking yourself out of your own argument?