=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── @user-1074 economics only makes sense if economics are driven by rules. So, centrally planned economies make sense to study. "market economies" are about as scientific as predicting which memes will blow up on twitter or whatever. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/1555 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── @user-1018 yep. monopolies are not competition, and yet that's what we optimize toward, through the nature of our planned economics. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 notes/utopian-fiction --- ═════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── But the past is boring, it already happened after all! Clearly there's nothing to be learned... Right? Seems like there's a big market out there for examining what we as a species did right, even if we had to sacrifice ethics to get there. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/1234 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-883 kinda makes me think we should make our own capitalism, with pickles and healthcare actually screw the capitalism let's just take care of each other ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/65 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────── if something makes sense physically, but not mathematically, then the mathematics are wrong. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/2213 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-1074 Perhaps something that utilizes institutions that people are familiar with like Walmart and Amazon to logistic goods and services around? But, like, in a socialist way, where everyone gets what they want. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/1502 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── @user-1010 kinda makes me wonder how those mature kids are doing now. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 notes/black-friday --- ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── black friday is a test of a market's growth. good year = people feeling comfortable enough to spend their extra money instead of saving it. when they feel at ease, they will spend more money - thus predicting and propelling the growth of the market that lives on it's own. together we guide it, with all of our will and our bones. together we'll go, where no one has treaded before now, together we'll walk to the future. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/3156 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ our economy is not tuned to how much we can work, but rather to the minimum we need to recover. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/4271 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ if control of a company (or other component or factor of an economy) is not sufficiently distributed, political biases may slip in to decisionmaking. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/3237 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: net neutrality, caps │ └──────────────────────────────┘ @user-192 it's like airlines overbooking flights because "hey some people will probably cancel, right?" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/896 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-economy │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ the purpose of an economy is to improve the lives of it's participants. │ ║ │ ║ why else would an ancient city trade for fabric or rare spices? to fashion │ ║ soft clothes, and make flavorful food. │ ║ │ ║ my, that gold sure looks pretty in the sunlight. how about you give some of me │ ║ that, and I'll make you something pretty? │ ║ │ ║ hmmm something something arbitrage once you corner the market on gold then you │ ║ can use that infinitely moldable and easily sculptable metal that shines and │ ║ glitters with a unique color not seen in the manes of plants and animals as │ ║ the definition of value. in doing so, you could exchange bits of it (measured │ ║ by weight, as it's infinitely moldable) for arbitrary goods and services. But │ ║ of course, once the market is cornered, it's unlikely to get un-cornered, and │ ║ well a cornered market holder holds much appeal for the powerful. │ ║ │ ║ hey, that guy's pretty strong. why don't we make him our leader? people seem │ ║ to look up to him, and dang his muscles are cool. what a great guy, nobody's │ ║ ever said a │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/870 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── @user-95 that makes sense to me! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/6319 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────── programming makes you smarter which is why we should teach it to everyone we can ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┘ --- #14 messages/695 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── If your work is organized for mass-market appeal, it means you want everyone to read it. If your work is scattered and distracted, then only the sage would learn from it. So speak your mind, and let the words flow forth. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/3914 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ that feeling when capitalists make technological advancements that benefit all of mankind but refuse to open source them because... they want more money? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/1688 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: violence │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-898 true, but building a house will never cost 100$. Maybe 100,000$, and at that point you could build but a few. Meanwhile, they're throwing around millions of dollars. we're not measured on the same scale as they are, and if we ever dip our toes into their end they will bite them off. If supply and demand were real laws that guided our economy, then wages would have gone up after COVID, because so many people died. Housing would have gotten cheaper, because fewer people were living in them. Food would have gotten less expensive, because people were growing their own vegetables and baking their own bread while they spent months isolating themselves. But alas. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/3706 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-192 ... that makes sense. Downside is as soon as you do, suddenly there's a 0% chance you'll remember which goes where. I guess that's why you keep the box, lmao xD ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/1525 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: unfounded │ └──────────────────────┘ they had to mark it unfounded, because otherwise they would get in trouble if they were wrong they only stock the competitors products that taste worst than the product of the company they want to divert money to. c ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/641 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── something something "those who study history are doomed to watch others repeat it" or something like that ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/2692 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: Minor annoyance │ └─────────────────────────┘ @user-1319 @user-1074 russia is basically the epitome of capitalistic oligarchy, so what you're saying supports @user-1074 's point. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ |