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Re:The Death of the Middle-Class Musician by ryandrake on Sunday June 29, 2025 @03:33AM (#44411007)
It would be morally reprehensible to push that button, because the button would also cause prices of everything to inflate by the average increase (more than 2x). So you’d be making the 1% richer, relative to inflation, and the 99% poorer.

Ironically, our society is basically continuously pushing that button today, much to the glee of the 1%.

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Re:The Death of the Middle-Class Musician by eru on Sunday June 29, 2025 @03:36AM (#44411019)
You are mixing up nominal and real prosperity.

To be clear: I was talking about real prosperity.

You are talking about nominal prosperity. And I agree: just adding a zero at the end of all dollar amounts wouldn't make anyone better off.

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