Comment on What even is money at this point

balderdash9@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Thank you. Every time someone says “The Economy™” as something that should drive policy instead of being an effect of it, I get a little twitch.

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why should I give a shit about their economy anyway?

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    • Evkob@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      When articles mention “The Economy” it just means rich people’s money.

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      • F_State@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That’s “the stock market”.

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    • TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Cause whenever it gets fucked, it usually impacts people like you and me.

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      • SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Because that’s how the rich like it. The poors feel the effects, while the rich maintain or grow what they have.

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• Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And yet whenever you try to bring this up you get folks from all sides of the political spectrum losing their shit.

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• Ironfist79@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There’s a million questions involved in this statement. Who does the work required to grow and raise food? How do they survive? Is housing provided? What about the people working at the processing plants and truck drivers? Store clerks and security guards, etc. etc.

  Perhaps socialism really is the solution.

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