if you can make something and chose not to do so

the vlaue artificialy goes up

tfw no gf

the value that other people place on it goes up

I don't consider that artificial

and no what people are willing to pay doesnt make it valuable

value is subjective

you realize you can choose to make something else 🤷

and besides

whats wrong with there being value in rarer things?

tfw no tea gf

?

also polution wars etc

I might be left leaning

but i definitely wouldn't say that communism is the answer!

communism ghey

not pure communism*

where are you from

I'm from cali~

I'm also in the most liberal area

in what form left leaning

undergoing the most liberal education

in the US

:voke:

whoops

since america is right wing as fuck

nononono, you have a wrong impression of america

*some areas are right wing

left wing in america is like far right in scandinavia

but i happen to be in an incredibly left leaning area

liberals are right wing

where the minimum wage is like 20 dollars

conservatives are right wing

but as a former economics major

I think that under a modified capitalism

we can maximize overall utility

on the expence of others

and shouldn't maximized happiness

be the primary goal of the government?

I'd rather be the world be happier as a whole and progressing towards greater levels of happiness