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masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Fireworks are a cool spectacle, imagine never seeing a fireworks show.

Completely agree!

Also the money isnt gone, its just changed hands.

Not with this though. A portion of the money has changed hands, the portion that goes to paying workers and investors. Another portion of the money was used to extract, refine, and process something that just burned up.

It’s also important to consider opportunity cost. That money could have been spent on other things, when you spend it on something wasteful and unnecessary that means it can’t be spent on more useful or productive things.

All that being said, I still think fireworks are rad and worth it, but they are a waste.

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blazera@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Money was used to pay workers to extract, refine, and process resources. Absolutely none of the money is gone.

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- person420@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Wait, are we not supposed to tie $100 bills to our mortars?
  
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  - taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Cost saving tip! Use $20 bills and cut your holiday expenses in half!
    
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    Fester@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It’s just not the same…
    
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- masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The money itself? Sure. But that’s not what people talk about when they talk about money, they are usually referring to what the money represents, i.e. resources, which were all burnt up and used to create that fire work when they could have gone to something else.
  
  i.e. yeah, if we spent half our GDP on fireworks every year, we would still have the same amount of money on paper but absolutely everything else would cost far more.
  
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  - blazera@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Thats just not how money works. We did spend a huge amount of our money on fireworks, things didnt become more expensive.
    
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    masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    That is absolutely just how money works.
    
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freebee@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Money isn’t gone, resources are gone.

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- masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Money was literally invented to be an abstraction of resources. When people talk about money they usually mean resources.
  
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ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
That’s like saying vacations or going to the movies are a waste. It’s entertainment and it stays in part as a memory. By your argument the only thing you should purchase is a large decorative rock for the front yard, because it will last longer than you do.

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