(October 30, 2014 at 12:06 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: So... if we hadn't been placed on an island contaminated by disease and calamity that threatens our existence and livelihood, surrounded by inhabitable waters in which danger perpetually lurks on every side as far as the eye can peer... we would be made less precious?[capitalist]
Yes, scarcity and likelihood of death are the prime attributes from which value is identified. Unless you're a commie, of course.
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Sum ergo sum