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Re:How to Earn a Billion Dollars by twoodfin on Sunday June 14, 2026 @05:44PM (#48533117)
What would that $500 not being “extracted from the value chain” look like?
Re:How to Earn a Billion Dollars by inigyou on Sunday June 14, 2026 @06:23PM (#48533512)
It would either be passed along the chain or it would not enter the chain.
Re:How to Earn a Billion Dollars by twoodfin on Sunday June 14, 2026 @07:59PM (#48534539)
Seriously, what does “passed along the chain” look like in your example?
Re:How to Earn a Billion Dollars by inigyou on Monday June 15, 2026 @07:15AM (#48539636)
Given to the people who create the value.
Re:How to Earn a Billion Dollars by twoodfin on Monday June 15, 2026 @07:37AM (#48539829)
How is that distinct from the labor theory of value? In your model, who’s creating the value other than the labor?
Re:How to Earn a Billion Dollars by inigyou on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @11:40AM (#48572016)
A GPU is worth $10k. When someone brings a GPU into existence it creates $10k of value. What is needed to bring a GPU into existence?
Re:How to Earn a Billion Dollars by twoodfin on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @08:37PM (#48579020)
Well, for one thing, billions of dollars of capital!