| SamuelRSmith said:
In a purely capitalistic system, there's only one way to make money: by trading something you have for it. How can there be losers in trade? If I thought I was going to get poorer through by trading something, I would never do it! When I go into a shop and buy X with $Y, I'm not $Y poorer, I'm X - $Y richer. Value is subjective, everybody perceives things to be valued different things. This has to be true, or trade simply could not exist. When I buy a burger in McDonald's, it's because I value the burger more than the money, and when McDonald's sells me the burger, it's because they value the money more than the burger. Everybody wins in trade, everybody gets richer, it's a win-win situation. There are no losers. |
Thanks for the most insanely idiot post I've read on here, since, well... ever.
