(September 7, 2021 at 4:15 pm)Spongebob Wrote:(September 7, 2021 at 2:41 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Value is always arbitrary, otherwise how could an asshole named Hitler convince an entire nation to follow him off a cliff.
The key to peace isn't blind loyalty.
I'm not sure what it has to do with Hitler but the value of just about anything is relative to the people doing the trading. One farmer might trade a cow for a dozen chickens but another might not budge for 50 chickens and yet another farmer might offer his wife.
^^^^^ Yes you are, you answered your own question. "Just about anything is relative to the people doing the trading", which was my point. But that also applies to ideology, religion, politics, and economics. The "exchange" in all contexts is a way of socializing and forming group order. All are forms of competition over control and resources.
The only argument is what does humanity want, or are willing to tolerate to survive.
But for cruelty and brutality to exist, the currency is blind loyalty. Hitler's "currency" was falsely playing victim and offering himself up as a cure.
