The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 3 days agoThat's a very good question!lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThat's a very good question!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 3 days agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 days agoIt’s real as in it has physical form, but the value attributed to it is playing pretend that everyone just agrees to go along with.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days ago“Because it’s a lot easier to use paper and coins to exchange for good and services than just about anything else.”
minus-squaredumbass@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoPaper and coins smaller than cow and chicken.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoYeah, I feel like this one wouldn’t be hard for a child to grasp.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days ago“Woo-hoo!” That is exactly what I was thinking of when I wrote “goods and services.”
It’s real as in it has physical form, but the value attributed to it is playing pretend that everyone just agrees to go along with.
“why?”
“Because it’s a lot easier to use paper and coins to exchange for good and services than just about anything else.”
“why?”
Paper and coins smaller than cow and chicken.
“why?”
“Just because!”
Yeah, I feel like this one wouldn’t be hard for a child to grasp.
“Woo-hoo!”
That is exactly what I was thinking of when I wrote “goods and services.”