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If you price things according to the wealth of the receiver, then you:

have to know how wealthy they are

have to assume that people poorer than you are doing the same

won't be able to determine a market price

Laeserin 1y ago

Some of you think like communists. Economics of envy.

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Jose Sammut 1y ago

Could have said I won't zap because I'm poor and can't afford it. Is that the case, I don't know...

Se7enZ 1y ago

I heard someone else refer to Communism as "economics of envy" also... Is that a fameous quote, or just sort of a common saying?

Laeserin 1y ago

I don't know. I thought I'd just made it up. 😅

nami 1y ago

I am not a communist but that doesn't sound right. Why envy?

Laeserin 1y ago

You begrudge people their wealth and see it as a reason to treat them worse.

nami 1y ago

I am still confused. I can't relate communism with envy. Communists tend to be very authoritarian. Envy for me, goes hand in hand with capitalism and competition mentality.

Laeserin 1y ago

You are confusing envy with greed, I think.

nami 1y ago

No communists have greed for power for example.