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Re:America’s Dazzling Tech Boom Has a Downside: Not Enough Jobs by MrFantastic on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @11:04AM (#12735119)
A painter creates value when they add color to a blank canvas. Some colored canvases are worth millions of dollars.
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Re:America’s Dazzling Tech Boom Has a Downside: Not Enough Jobs by crimsonalucard on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @11:14AM (#12735253)
The value was not created. The value was extracted from supplies, skill and time required to paint it.
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