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Re:The sticky issue of consent in street photography by whiddershins on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @05:25PM (#29335890)
Value can be created without it being “taken” from anywhere.
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Re:The sticky issue of consent in street photography by kazinator on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @05:26PM (#29335903)
Right; with the notable exception of value provided by governments, which largely comes out of the pockets of the working class.
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Re:The sticky issue of consent in street photography by kube-system on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @05:45PM (#29336074)
"Money coming out of pockets" isn't evidence that value is "taken" from anywhere. The more cooperative exchanges of value we have, the more valuable and prosperous our economies are.
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Re:The sticky issue of consent in street photography by trwhite on Thursday November 25, 2021 @06:44AM (#29340505)
This reminds me of PG's essay: http://www.paulgraham.com/wealth.html

"A surprising number of people retain from childhood the idea that there is a fixed amount of wealth in the world."

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