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Re:‘Veblen’ Review: Scourge of the Elites by Kinrany on Saturday December 05, 2020 @05:54AM (#25313528)
Some people can afford to give away all of their output, so that's not a good signal.
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Re:‘Veblen’ Review: Scourge of the Elites by WJW on Saturday December 05, 2020 @06:56AM (#25313891)
Wouldn't that make it a very good signal for "conspicuous consumption" purposes?

"I don't need to charge money at all for the software I produce" definitely seems like a Veblen-worthy signal to me, since it implies that the statement-maker is already rich.

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