• Donkter@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Monkey pays to live. He pays in the form of the daily labor of foraging, avoiding predators and finding shelter. It’s just not converted to the generalized form of money and then back to the basic needs of the monkey like we do it.

    Labor is the basic unit of wealth. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

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      3 months ago

      Even if you somehow had your own sovereign nation with everything needed to self-sustain your whole family, never needing to leave…

      You’re still paying.

      With your time and effort.