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Quote by: tman_ndsu08 Money isn't naturally occuring, but value is.
As soon as a resource is demanded, it becomes scarce because there are not an infinite supply of it.
Thus, value arises.
Grandpa, the only way you will ever get your ideals to work in the real world is if you end scarcity. |
This argument makes no sense. Again, just because resources are not infinite, it does not mean they are immediately scarce. I want you to look at the links I've provided for once, TMAN.
They point out the obvious--that capitalism does not discourage overconsumption any more than the alternative of not having it. In fact, as anyone should be able to observe, such abstract considerations as money accumulation gets in the way of addressing genuine scarcity.
People can and do value resources outside of the price tags we slap onto them after the fact. The money is merely used to assure one group can dominate resources, as only irrational means of exchange backed by force could systematically assure such a thing.
Grandpa h.