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frphank 1 year ago
Correct about the king holding 100% but don't worry about it because things will go South long before that. The difference between the king holding 50% and holding 95% doesn't matter, 10 times the amount of an abstract unit is still an abstract unit. It's like feet vs. meters. The change in the unit matters though. With the king accumulating gold, or Saylor accumulating Bitcoin or tech companies accumulating dollars, money is withdrawn from circulation and everyone has to recalibrate their yard stick a.k.a. prices. This causes confusion in the system and interrupts the flow of goods and services. You can literally starve with all the grain in the fields. Just ask dimwits like @semisol or @jb55 who are losing customers because of a recent recalibration of the ratio of money supply to services offered. They could have asked those questions beforehand but hey despair can be overwhelming and impact your reasoning.

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frphank 1 year ago
Gaah. "are content with making a living"
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frphank 1 year ago
About "too much specialization". Joseph Tainter has a book on the Collapse of Civilizations. It's hard to deduce, from the rubble of say the Roman Empire or Easter Island, what made them fail but his theory is that there is a recurring theme of too much specialization so you're possibly onto something there.
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frphank 1 year ago
@semisol got so nervous about this he started calling his customer "wet wipe". I wonder whether it's helping.