The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 4 months agoThat's a very good question!lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThat's a very good question!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 4 months agomessage-square97fedilink
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months 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-up0·4 months 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-up0·4 months agoPaper and coins smaller than cow and chicken.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoYeah, I feel like this one wouldn’t be hard for a child to grasp.
minus-squareCouldbealeotard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months ago“why?” “Just because!”
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months 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.
Yeah, I feel like this one wouldn’t be hard for a child to grasp.
“why?”
“Just because!”
“Woo-hoo!”
That is exactly what I was thinking of when I wrote “goods and services.”