• @TankovayaDiviziya
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    23 days ago

    The only reason we pretend that money is real is because of the Chinese having a big brain idea that it’s more convenient to trade conceptual values, than having to exchange literal five chickens for one cow; one and a half cow for a table; and a table for a room in an inn for one night.

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      3 days ago

      We also pretend it’s real because that’s simpler that treating it as a useful fantasy or whatever.

      That’s a danger of too much pretending.