• MrBusinessMan@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Well they’re not as valuable because they didn’t have to be dug out the ground. The amount of work that goes into something is what makes it valueable. That’s why I only buy the toughest to reach diamonds from the most brutal mines in Africa, now those are valuable!

    • Natanael@slrpnk.net
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      1 year ago

      Just realized that was satire, but anyway I already started writing so I’m posting it lol.

      Labor theory of value was outdated to centuries ago.

      Labor sets a minimum value when stuff is in demand, but without demand the value can be zero despite how much effort was put into it.

    • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      The amount of work that goes into something is what makes it valueable

      Hello, I’m Tim Cook and let me tell about all the hard work that went into this monitor stand