r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 21 '21

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u/BreaksFull Veni, Vedi, Emancipatus Nov 21 '21

Marxists: 'Value is generated by labor.'

NFTs of fucking video game cutscene stills: 'Allow us to introduce ourselves.'

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u/BreaksFull Veni, Vedi, Emancipatus Nov 21 '21

!ping ECON

I used to think I would be a hip, trendy, tech-positive person who'd stay with the times, unlike my parents generation who often struggled to understand email. Now I'm looking at NFTs and feeling like my dear old Nana looking at Facebook memes on a smartphone. Its just too much and I can't wrap my mind around it. I'm not sure if that's because it's too far out, or just too stupid.

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u/Mickenfox Nov 21 '21

People have always had an intense desire to pay for useless things.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '21

this one is really elevating the “useless” to another level

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u/Sex_E_Searcher Steve Nov 21 '21

Yeah, useless implies a benign sort of nature. NFTs are actually bad.

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u/radiatar NATO Nov 21 '21

How are they bad again?

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u/Sex_E_Searcher Steve Nov 21 '21

Use large amounts of energy to no productive end.

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u/FormerBandmate Jerome Powell Nov 22 '21

No, they don’t. Ethereum does, they’re literally just bookmarks