johnlucas said:
Kasz216 said:
So... using this logic. The richest people in Colombia are richer then the richest people in the United States.
Money represents wealth. Wealth is something that rises and shrinks as things happen and products are created.
Even if you were to consider only essentials to have value, food shortages would cause the "price" of food to raise... and an abundance of food would cause it's "price" to shrink.. even in a world without money.
Why is gold worth more then food? Illusion? Hell no. If there was a food shortage like you said, food would be more valuable. Gold is worth more then food because there ISN'T a food shortage.
Like I said before, you wouldn't trade a bottle of air for money or gold... why is that?
Because we have all the air we could ever need for free. So who in their right mind would pay for it?
Why is food cheap? Again because it's fairly abundent and easy to grow and there isn't a shortage of it in the western world. Why is it more expensive in other areas.... rarity?
Why do Ipods cost so much in comparison to food? Because they're more scarce and more labor intensive.
This existed long before money ever existed, even during the barter system value was based on rarity, not importance to basic life skills.
Afterall, if I can forage myself food, why am I going to give away something I like which there are only a few of for it?
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No, you are wrong. Money imposes itself on true wealth. HEALTH is wealth. And HEALTH is achieved by meeting your body's needs. That's all it ever was.
You have totally bought into this illusion & I'm not surprised because this is what is taught from birth in this country. the truth is that money associates itself with true wealth.
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Again, if you were to consdier Health as the ONLY way to measure wealth.... your arguement that money is a zero sum game is demonstrably false by the fact that people live longer now then they did in the past.
The advancement of medical technology has increased health and therefore it isn't a zero sum game.
So even by your own messed up definitions... you are wrong.
Aside from which, I'd like to ask you... say everyone in the country is equally healthy, yet some of these people live in giant mansions with every luxuary available, while others live in a one room apartment that provides nothing but the basic nessessities. Do you really view these two groups as equal?
