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“Money is imaginary — we're all participating in collective delusion”

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  • Currency has no intrinsic value whatsoever
  • Economic value is entirely socially constructed
  • System persists purely through shared belief
  • We could choose different arrangement tomorrow

Disagree

  • Money represents real labor and resources
  • Medium of exchange serves genuine function
  • Everything social is constructed but still real
  • This nihilism ignores practical necessity

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