Originally Posted By u/FuturePowerful At 2025-03-27 10:18:54 AM | Source


  • silverhand@reddthat.com
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    5 days ago

    Lots of big words but nothing of value. Answer the question buddy, how will you tax people on money they don’t have?

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      5 days ago

      They will sell it.

      That’s why I say it’s going to cause a drop in GDP, but that’s only a problem if you hold tightly to the abstraction.

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        5 days ago

        It won’t be just a “drop in GDP”. It will be investments falling apart, industries closing down, credit getting scarce, unemployment, misery, destitution and death.

        Money is a very real driver of the world. It is also the realest manifestation of wealth. Only a fool would call it an abstraction.

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          5 days ago

          What else would it be but an abstraction? As I said, it’s sometimes a useful one, but it’s an abstraction. It’s not dirt or concrete or computer chips or food.

          Maybe we shouldn’t build a whole society around an abstraction like that?