• grte@lemmy.ca
    5·
    12 hours ago

    Wealth is infinite, our capacity to generate it is limited.

    Then talking about infinite wealth in the context of the actual world we live in is fucking stupid!

    Almost as stupid as comparing the study of economics, a soft science, to physics.

    • Foxer@lemmy.ca
      1·
      11 hours ago

      No it’s not, god it’s like talking to A four-year-old.

      The wealth is infinite. There can’t be a shortage of it. Our capacity can be limited. Therefore when we’re talking about the real world that we live in it is dumb to talk about wealth as if there’s a shortage and it makes sense to discuss capacity to create wealth.

      Can you just not smart enough to have this conversation I’m sorry. I’m trying my best here but you keep making statements that are absolutely asinine because you have fallen in love with this idea that somehow there’s this limited supply of wealth out there and someone’s hoarding it and that’s why you don’t have any. That’s just not how it works

      • grte@lemmy.ca
        5·
        10 hours ago

        There can’t be a shortage of it. Our capacity can be limited.

        Yes, we are finite beings in a finite world. The idea of infinite wealth in that context is absurd. I understand what you are saying, I just think it is stupid.

        You seem to think your field of study is based on study of the natural world rather than founded on assumptions. As though what you are saying is natural law. It isn’t.

        • Foxer@lemmy.ca
          1·
          7 hours ago

          The beings are finite but the wealth is not. I don’t know how to explain this more simply. If you fall into the ocean there’s only so much water you can drink so your ability is finite but from a practical point of view the water is infant.

          This is extremely simple, the point is the limit is the person not the wealth

          And no I’m just trying to find a way to explain it to you that will make it easier for you to get your head around. Honestly I’ve never had this kind of trouble explaining this concept to someone. My mother gets this.

          Bottom line is that your lack of wealth is not because somebody else is hoarding wealth.