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0 pointsgozur889y ago0 comments

Really? You think people should risk their money without compensation? Where can I find such people?

And what makes showing up at the office and typing on a keyboard such a holy use of time that it alone deserves compensation?

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andrepd9y ago· 4 in thread

I know what you mean. It's the current system that's messed up, that just by holding money you can create money. It generates all kinds of fucked up inequalities.

gozur88OP9y ago

You can't create money by holding money. You create money by risking money. There's a huge difference between the two.

johnnyhillbilly9y ago

You create money by borrowing. You win money by risking money(). You earn money by being useful in what you do.

) In Icelandic, "win" means "work".

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thinkloop9y ago

Holding money generates nothing, you have to at minimum risk it in a savings account or the index, or for real gains, playing roulette on a start-up.

SubiculumCode9y ago

Yes there is risk...but so much investment is made by those that can afford to risk it..that is the risk of losing the investment is not losing your home and car or being thrown to the street. If risk is defined by surplus money alone then yes, investors take risks, but if you define risk as the chance of losing your livelihood and basic needs? Typing on a keyboard entails more risk.

When the poor takes an investment risk of $1000 they risk more than some elite putting up $1000.

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st3v3r9y ago· 1 in thread

I do not believe that you shouldn't get any compensation, but the idea that simply having money entitles you to the lion's share of the compensation, above and beyond those that actually do the damn work, is idiotic.

"And what makes showing up at the office and typing on a keyboard such a holy use of time that it alone deserves compensation?"

The fact that it actually makes the damn product.

gozur88OP9y ago

... so does the money. There's no keyboard typing without the money.

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