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minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months ago It’s not an investment because at the end of a child’s growth, you now have a consumer who requires more resources. You realize working people produce more resources than they consume, right? If they didn’t, there would be no economy at all.
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minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoDude, where do you think our food, housing, and consumer goods come from? Your cynicism has overshot so far you’re just denying the existence of the world around you.
You realize working people produce more resources than they consume, right? If they didn’t, there would be no economy at all.
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Dude, where do you think our food, housing, and consumer goods come from? Your cynicism has overshot so far you’re just denying the existence of the world around you.