and exchange those apples for more money.

The entire basis of capitalism.

that scenario is already assuming that money of some form exists
in a gift economy, or any society without money, he could just distribute the apples as needed, and be given what he wants if others won't miss it

trade economies aren't a thing, tbh

Trade Economies aren't practical

aren't a thing without money*

No, they're not.

not everyone wants apples

Exactly.

That's why currency makes a trade economy actually work

some people would die if you give them an "apple"

depends how hard you throw it

currency is also far easier to transport.

My 400 dollars in dollars

is far easier to carry around than 400 dollars of apples

Fiat Currency, at that, is only valuable so long as people are willing to accept it.

well

It's entirely confidence based.

Gold should back all currency

In theory it does, it's just not a share of a stockpile of gold.

Tim recently made a video about a David Graeber tweet

I do think abandoning the Gold Standard was a bad idea.

he wrote a book about Debt, and how money came to be

worth reading

Having the dollar be worth a fixed portion of a vault of treasure

Anyway, to the point I was getting to

As far as 'super rich people' go

wasn't the gold standard abandoned because of the great depression?

no

it was abandoned because Tricky Dick said so

Being overly concerned about the rich is like being overly concerned about people who are too successful at farming apples.

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You can ask yourself why does someone need a silo full of apples, sure...

I just ask why I should care about someone else's silo full of apples.

well nobody needs a silo full of apples, but that doesn't change that he did the work to make that silo full of apples

Basically, this.

Damn. I could really go for some freeze dried apples now. Fuck those things are good.

afaic, if you're in a community you should be expected to contribute
you're using their land and trees, picking the apples shouldn't allow you to hoard them away from others

Who says it's their trees and their land?

Rich people are not a concern if:
- They don't hoard wealth and let it sit in their account
- They don't use the funds to play God
- They don't try to eliminate competition in dirty ways

Hoarding Wealth isn't a problem.Using their funds to play god, as you put it, is only a problem with a complacent population....