Money is also useful for other measures, such as access to food & housing. I'd prefer a person with no economic value still be able to access commodities that do have economic value.
Re:90% of My Skills Are Now Worth $0
by robertlagrant on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @02:21PM
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Access to food and housing have economic value; that's why they cost money.
That doesn't mean you can't give people money or housing; again, you'd just be valuing them on something other than their economic output.
Re:90% of My Skills Are Now Worth $0
by goawaythrwaway on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @07:42PM
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> If you think their wage should be valued independently of their economic output, then I think that is a misunderstanding: money is only useful as a measure of economic value.
Yes exactly, and to all those whiners complaining about not being able to put food on the table whilst I and my schoolmates at Shortridge Academy each have trusts worth more than their expected lifetime earnings I say: Though your life might have "value" to a select few (like your parents) it unfortunately doesn't have much economic value to those who actually measure such things (like my parents.)
It would behoove you to take some personal responsibility for your station in life. I certainly take responsibility for mine, and that, in my clearly valuable opinion, makes all the difference between us.
Re:90% of My Skills Are Now Worth $0
by robertlagrant on Thursday April 20, 2023 @04:26AM
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Well-worded bad faith insinuation parody is still just bad faith insinuation. Why dress up a bad thing instead of doing a good thing?
They are valued independently of that. E.g. in a democracy someone who is super productive will get paid a lot, but will have exactly the same number of votes as someone with nothing.
If you think their wage should be valued independently of their economic output, then I think that is a misunderstanding: money is only useful as a measure of economic value.