“Money is the most honest form of speech — everything else is performance”
Agree
- Spending reveals true priorities not words
- Markets reflect authentic preferences aggregated
- Financial choices can't lie like mouths
- Follow the money to find truth
Disagree
- Spending reflects constraints not just values
- Poor people can't express preferences through markets
- Reduces human expression to transactions
- Plenty of non-financial authentic communication exists
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