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> This requirement that everything must have some currency value attached to it is a societal disease

No it's not - I'm saying currency is how we measure the relative value of things. Money isn't separate to how we measure something's value; it's the thing we use to measure value. It's like saying "every object having a length value attached is a societal disease; we shouln't only attach a cm value to all objects".



> It's like saying "every object having a length value attached is a societal disease; we shouln't only attach a cm value to all objects".

That's not what the GP said, though. They said that the idea that everything needs to be valued in dollars is a societal disease. Not that everything that can be valued in dollars is a societal disease.




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