XiphosAletheria t1_j20i9li wrote
Reply to comment by Garacious in Life is a game we play without ever knowing the rules: Camus, absurdist fiction, and the paradoxes of existence. by IAI_Admin
>What im trying to say is, wealth and value are seperate things. Of course wealth can be produced and grown, im not arguing that. But to produce that wealth, first someone needs to agree on the value you placed on something, and they need to actually give you their wealth in order for you to produce it.
Why? You don't normally pay the author of a book you buy for the book before you buy it, do you?
>Can you answer me how can one generate wealth, or money, without someone else giving up their own wealth?
The same way one produces anything - through their own productive effort.
Garacious t1_j20j91a wrote
Okay let me ask something else, what do you think wealth is? Cause i feel like we are talking about completely different things. When i say wealth, i mean the money (or the capital) you own and i think a lot of people will agree with me on that. Also for the book example, you know preordering is a thing right?
XiphosAletheria t1_j20lufh wrote
Money isn't wealth - it's just a symbol for it, so you don't have to barter item for item. Wealth is what the money stands for - which is basically anything people are willing to trade you for.
Garacious t1_j20n53r wrote
So... capital. Money is a symbol for capital. Its amazing how much of a selective reader you are. Also if you read your own comment a few more times you can see that trade is an important element of wealth. People trade their wealth with each other, so no one actually creates wealth out of thin air.
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