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blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Just so we’re clear for anybody else reading since they chose to ignore the easy refutation lol.

That the money is still present in the economy and provides jobs to hundreds of thousands of people in the supply chain both through sales, materials production, assembly, and labor, entertainment, and local economy boons from festivals.

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blujan@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Yes, but the point of the person you responded to is that work for the sake of work is also a waste.

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- treadful@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  May as well just all just suicide and mulch ourselves so we don’t do anything without purpose.
  
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  - blujan@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Just to be clear, I was just saying that the point was ignored, not that I agree.
    
    Although your response isn’t good either, you can advocate for more efficiency so people get to do more rewarding work, such as arts and crafts. Part of these arts and crafts can also be fireworks.
    
    I don’t think the work that’s done to create and use fireworks is without purpose, in the end it’s a celebration and that’s purpose in and of itself.
    
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Tryptaminev@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
What represents the value of money? What you can buy with it. What determines what you can buy with it? The total capital stock available and the services offered through labor.

This part of the capital stock is gone. Literally into smoke.

Money is not some abstract independent entity. Its value is directly linked to the real production of the real economy.

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