Re:A game theorist breaks down the effects of inequality
by macawfish on Sunday January 12, 2020 @03:56PM
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Look deeper than the money, at the relationships and realities it facilitates. Somewhere a factory worker traded time with their kids to work on that car, all so it could sit in a garage to satisfy some alienated rich guy's ego? At some point it's just waste and sacrifice.
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Re:A game theorist breaks down the effects of inequality
by nybble41 on Monday January 13, 2020 @06:43PM
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> Somewhere a factory worker traded time with their kids to work on that car...
The factory worker most likely doesn't care about the car. They traded time with their kids for a paycheck, to be spent on those same kids or whatever else the worker desired. Even, potentially, a trophy car they don't intend to drive.
If that car doesn't get sold then there is less work for the factory, less demand for factory workers, and fewer paychecks.