• peopleproblems@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    It still blows my mind that some people cannot comprehend that not everything needs an exchange of currency in some way shape or form.

    “They don’t do anything in return?” “They don’t get worse!” “But who compensates the people who help them?” “We do.” “But then who compensates us?”

    • GoodEye8@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      I view it as a form of capitalism indoctrination. If there’s no material compensation it’s a bad idea, which is the capitalist idea of “if I don’t make a profit I won’t do it”. I’ve seen people argue free energy is bad because the excess energy cannot be monetized, which is something you say only if you want to profit from energy.