▲ 1051 ▼ Lemmy might, MIGHT have a small bias towards the left (lemm.ee) submitted 3 years ago by Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee to c/memes@lemmy.ml 1688 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 point 3 years ago (3 children) Yes. Do you not? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] hglman@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) So Christmas gifts are a market? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) No because I don't give you a gift only if you give me one. It's not a transaction. They are gifts. ...but you turned it into a semantic point. If I farm sheep and you bake bread, it's a market when I trade you wool for bread. If trade even as basic as this can't occur then you're relying on everyone to be self-sufficient. The alternative is you're expecting everyone to put everything they produce into a kitty which is distributed to all, and I think that is a sure fire recipe for everyone to go hungry and for society to stagnate. There's little incentive to be productive, and no incentive to be inventive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago Hunger is such a poor motivator. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) So Christmas gifts are a market? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) No because I don't give you a gift only if you give me one. It's not a transaction. They are gifts. ...but you turned it into a semantic point. If I farm sheep and you bake bread, it's a market when I trade you wool for bread. If trade even as basic as this can't occur then you're relying on everyone to be self-sufficient. The alternative is you're expecting everyone to put everything they produce into a kitty which is distributed to all, and I think that is a sure fire recipe for everyone to go hungry and for society to stagnate. There's little incentive to be productive, and no incentive to be inventive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago Hunger is such a poor motivator. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) No because I don't give you a gift only if you give me one. It's not a transaction. They are gifts. ...but you turned it into a semantic point. If I farm sheep and you bake bread, it's a market when I trade you wool for bread. If trade even as basic as this can't occur then you're relying on everyone to be self-sufficient. The alternative is you're expecting everyone to put everything they produce into a kitty which is distributed to all, and I think that is a sure fire recipe for everyone to go hungry and for society to stagnate. There's little incentive to be productive, and no incentive to be inventive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago Hunger is such a poor motivator. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago Hunger is such a poor motivator. permalink fedilink source parent