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Re:Income inequality today may be higher today than in any o... by StavrosK on Saturday July 02, 2016 @01:33PM (#12023203)
Again, there's a lot of work that you just glossed over. There were man-years of work put into making the doors, bolts, screws, boards, and everything else you just had to assemble into a house.

Try building a house from stuff you find in nature, and it will take a lot longer than a few months.

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Re:Income inequality today may be higher today than in any o... by internaut on Saturday July 02, 2016 @07:40PM (#12024203)
Nobody in the economy works ab initio.

Since the house builder is proceeding from the same point as commerical house builders this is a fair comparison.

If you're interested in ab initio home building I direct you to Primitive Technology on Youtube. That guy really does build from the beginning. No exposition too.

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