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Re:Why We Banned Legos (2006) by Sharlin on Friday February 18, 2022 @05:57PM (#30392282)
Why not print more money to fix wealth inequality?
Re:Why We Banned Legos (2006) by Gigachad on Friday February 18, 2022 @06:58PM (#30392885)
Because Lego isn’t valued on scarcity.
Re:Why We Banned Legos (2006) by Inityx on Friday February 18, 2022 @07:42PM (#30393266)
What would be the real-life equivalent of buying more LEGO then?
Re:Why We Banned Legos (2006) by Gigachad on Friday February 18, 2022 @08:35PM (#30393586)
Lego is the end product. Not something you use to claim scare resources. So it would be like printing more oil or housing. Once you reach that point you are in a post scarcity society.

In this situation, the issue is that there aren’t enough nice pieces for everyone. At some point there become enough that without being insanely greedy that everyone can have some.

Re:Why We Banned Legos (2006) by adamrezich on Friday February 18, 2022 @06:07PM (#30392385)
imagine living in this mindset constantly and being unable to turn it off, even when talking about kids playing with legos
Re:Why We Banned Legos (2006) by Sharlin on Friday February 18, 2022 @06:34PM (#30392662)
You mean it’s not relevant to mention economics in a discussion about children who invented an economy?
Re:Why We Banned Legos (2006) by adamrezich on Friday February 18, 2022 @06:49PM (#30392804)
not everything has to be an analogy to your geopolitical worldview especially with regards to children playing with legos

"mom can I have some more spaghetti?"

"oh sure, let me just call up the Federal Spaghetti Reserve and ask it to print up some more Spaghetti Dollars, thus only further increasing this nation's Spaghetti Inflation far past manageable limits—great idea, if you want to usher in complete economic collapse!!"

like come on