Comment on But how would they be able to live on that?

• Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If sustainable survival is your only goal, go live in a forest.

  I’m saying it should be the goal of the economy instead of the current situation in which the only goal is everlasting, ever growing profit.

  And I would go live in the woods if I could, but I can’t afford to do that.

  As for your ridiculous hot dog analogy, are you saying as it is now, everyone in the world has as many hotdogs as they want? If not, there is obviously value in making more.

  I am saying that there is a finite amount of hotdogs that can be sold per unit of time. Therefore it is a zero sum game. Therefore acquisition of wealth means taking away wealth from others.

  Also, I don’t care how many times you say GDP is not a good metric because it is not fitting your narrative. It is a good upper bound on how much value is produced. You can’t wish it away just because it proves you wrong.

  It doesn’t prove me wrong. You’ve seen the above graph. You know the wealth is allocated in the hands of the rich. How it gets there isn’t the point.

  I’ve explained it to you twice now, and if it is beyond your graph then that’s on you.

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  • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There is a finite amount of hotdogs that can be sold and we are selling FEWER than that. So no, it is not a zero sum game.

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    • Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There is a finite amount of hotdogs that can be sold and we are selling FAR FEWER than that.

      You’ve missed the point.

      And you claimed GDP is irrelevant twice without any argumentation.

      Then you didn’t read:

      lemmy.world/comment/9410104

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      • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You are linking to my own comment. And I am pretty sure I am not the one missing the ppint.

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