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Re:Birds Are Vanishing from North America by socialist_coder on Friday September 20, 2019 @07:00PM (#21032168)
> The bigger problem is why do we value the wrong things? or why are we unable to develop better solutions?

Because capitalism is based on exchange value, not use value. The exchange value of keeping CO2 out of the air is $0. The exchange value of keeping bees and birds alive is $0. Neither of those things have any exchange value, but they have a massive amount of use value. There is a huge disconnect there. Explore marxism / socialism to learn more about this stuff.

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Re:Birds Are Vanishing from North America by IntricateJake on Sunday September 22, 2019 @09:16PM (#21045180)
> Explore marxism / socialism

Why? Are you such a fool to think this would actually work? Forcing people to provide value NEVER works and it NEVER will. Give up and come up with an alternative solution

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