These kinds of lessons always go better if you don’t choose something like food in the example.
It’s a lot easier to teach someone that their labor has value, than to teach someone that other people deserve to starve if they don’t have enough dollars.
Because letting people starve when there’s plenty of food is morally reprehensible, and even children understand that’s a horrible way to design a society.
These kinds of lessons always go better if you don’t choose something like food in the example.
It’s a lot easier to teach someone that their labor has value, than to teach someone that other people deserve to starve if they don’t have enough dollars.
Because letting people starve when there’s plenty of food is morally reprehensible, and even children understand that’s a horrible way to design a society.
But that would be teaching them evil socialism, not good capitalism.
Food? Water? Shelter? Acceptance? All commodities. Can’t afford them kiddo? Fuck off from our civilized society™
I like to use water and then oxygen. At first they really want the water. But then very quickly they really want the oxygen instead.