FOS » 10 Jul 2024, 5:47 pm » wrote: ↑
It is different because when someone uses equipment to do something, they are actually doing something. A tangible thing is produced that could be useful to somebody in some way.
if someone is making money simply because they have money, nothing is actually produced.
Just imagine how absurd a country would be if it was composed purely of moneylenders lending their money back and forth on interest. Not a single farmer. The gdp might even be impressive! But everyone starves.
And the other extreme is difficult to comprehend: No lenders at all.
Is that even possible or is it plainly a necessary evil that needs better constraints?
Please seat yourself.
I like the very things you hate.