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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
That is really a topic outside of this election, but basically its how society functions. Say you want to cure cancer - you need scientists, doctors, etc to do it. If you want them to do it - you need to pay them money. Otherwise you'd need to convince these people to do this for the greater good and then you'd also need to convince the farmers to give them food for no money and the builder to build them shelter for free and the lumber industry to give the builder wood for free, etc.
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I did say it was extreme.
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Originally Posted by Makarov
Well, because the materials and knowledge (the relative value of which we measure in currency) are apparently being used to solve other problems or achieve other goals.
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Right. And my thought process is that those materials and knowledge are being used for the wrong things because we use profit, and not general progression, as a means of incentive.
Either way, as mentioned by PeteMoss, this is outside the realm of the election, so I will save that stuff for a more applicable time. Like rambling from a wood crate or something.