How about drop capitalism so we can refocus what wealth is.
Currently if you obtain land. Destroy the natural resources that can never be replaced to sell those resources to make enshitificated junk. You supposedly “created wealth”
A slightly less dumb idea would be to tax food by calorie content. In ages of famine, that tends to be the main factor in its cost, after all, and when obesity is rampant, it could make people more aware of their diet. Artificial sweeteners and other low-energy alternatives would become way more viable. Of course, this is impractical as it would inadvertently cause massive misrepresentation of calorie count (even if the <5 cal/serving ≈ 0 cal loophole is closed).
USSR bartered machinery for bananas or sugar with Vietnam and Cuba because they lacked hard currency. I heard rumors that the rate was 1:1 by weight but I haven't been able to find evidence. It's probably just a widespread myth making fun of how dumb the USSR's policies were and the banana scarcity.
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Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 95d
FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 95d
I need this for my office door
crandlecan@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 95d
Hiiiii! I'm Monique, from HR. Would you happen to have a moment for me?
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 95d
Hi Monique, would you happen to look at the sign?
crandlecan@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 95d
That's another thing I'd like to discuss with you :)
EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 95d
What kind of debating culture is this? It's a showerthought
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 95d
Going to buy me some helium and hydrogen and make a fortune!
cenzorrll@piefed.ca · 7 pts · 95d
Buy Hydrogen and Oxygen, then resell it as water. How you get there is up to you.
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 95d
Worked on the shuttle engine program, so that's would be my preferred approach.
8j1obzlb@piefed.social · 2 pts · 95d
Could do it by absolute value, so things that rise also cost more? /s
EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 95d
Stonks!
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 95d
Items would just be sold with enough lead weights stuck on to make the total weight proportional to the market value.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 95d
You think the packaging is excessive now, just wait!
Legianus@programming.dev · 5 pts · 95d
Why?
EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 95d
To make it fair. Gold would be worthless. Or food expensive as fuck, but then all palaces would burn
Legianus@programming.dev · 10 pts · 95d
Wouldn't it be fairer to just drop capitalism and have a society not based on wealth?
I can see a few cases immediately where your system would remain unfair or unviable.
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz · 0 pts · 95d
How about drop capitalism so we can refocus what wealth is.
Currently if you obtain land. Destroy the natural resources that can never be replaced to sell those resources to make enshitificated junk. You supposedly “created wealth”
Profit = loss
EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 95d
I thought that would be a side effect
remon@ani.social · 4 pts · 95d
This does qualify as a thought I guess ...
regdog@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 95d
Related: Watch "Futurman" season 2 to see what a society will look like if every single thing costs exactly $1. It's pretty stupid but funny.
PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 95d
I prefer the labor-time
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 95d
Check out this stuff then
EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 95d
Labor-time? How much do you weigh? 1€ per kg per hour!
ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com · 7 pts · 95d
Muricans gonna be wealthy as fuck
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 95d
We would be if we knew what the fuck a kg was.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 3 pts · 95d
It's how many grandmas you can kill in the alotted time.
Kill-a-Grans per hour.
crandlecan@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 95d
Again?? 😡
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 1 pts · 95d
A slightly less dumb idea would be to tax food by calorie content. In ages of famine, that tends to be the main factor in its cost, after all, and when obesity is rampant, it could make people more aware of their diet. Artificial sweeteners and other low-energy alternatives would become way more viable. Of course, this is impractical as it would inadvertently cause massive misrepresentation of calorie count (even if the <5 cal/serving ≈ 0 cal loophole is closed).
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 95d
#CrazyIdeas
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 1 pts · 95d
USSR bartered machinery for bananas or sugar with Vietnam and Cuba because they lacked hard currency. I heard rumors that the rate was 1:1 by weight but I haven't been able to find evidence. It's probably just a widespread myth making fun of how dumb the USSR's policies were and the banana scarcity.