xkcd: What if you literally had all the money in the world?

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Curse you building codes!

 

[Gradine]

 

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my comment before i hit post was "Depending on what you do with that money, you could become the internet's new enemy.

 

[MarkB]

my comment before i hit post was "Depending on what you do with that money, you could become the internet's new enemy.

What internet? Nobody has any money to keep network services running, and nobody can afford to connect to them anyway.

 

[Sacrosanct]

If one person had all the money, it would be worthless. Because that's how economies work. Money is just a representation of perceived value, and if no one else had any, they'd simply use another system, like donuts or something.

 

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If one person had all the money, it would be worthless. Because that's how economies work. Money is just a representation of perceived value, and if no one else had any, they'd simply use another system, like donuts or something.

The video addresses that and goes with bottle caps

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

The video addresses that and goes with bottle caps

Or triangular rubber coins six thousand eight hundred kilometers on a side.

 

[aco175]

I watched this video the other day about 1971 and how productivity went up and how wages flatlined. I thought it was interesting to help with why the 0.1% own like 50% of all the stuff.