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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 21 Apr 2019
      Replying to @LiftWorkRepeat @random_eddie

      Eddie is making a very 1992 libertarian argument. "Work is hard, and it's a COST that is balanced against RETURNS, and we should be careful to never confuse the tool necessary to generate wealth with the wealth itself". And he's not wrong, per se, but ...pic.twitter.com/di3nWnbkdJ

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 21 Apr 2019
      Replying to @MorlockP @random_eddie

      the problem is that his One True Fact, followed to its logical extreme, gives us a world where everyone is cashing their UBI checks and playing MMORPGs all day long. It's a True Fact, but it's not the ONLY true fact.

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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 21 Apr 2019
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      and I tease him lightly not because of his words but because of the cultural baggage that they inevitably bring with them

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    5. Eddie, Son of Richard‏ @random_eddie 21 Apr 2019
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      Playing MMORPGs all day (or whatever other form of consumption others find desirable) is the end goal. Capitalism is the means to achieve it. It rewards those who sacrifice in order to better satisfy others' desires and thus guides us to the goal. +

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    6. Eddie, Son of Richard‏ @random_eddie 21 Apr 2019
      Replying to @random_eddie @MorlockP

      Sacrifice to create a better world that nobody else wants is not virtuous, it's either selfish ("I'm a good person!") or wasteful.

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    7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 21 Apr 2019
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      > to create a better world not at all what I was getting at To make an analogy: you can either look at exercise as a pure cost to be born to achieve fitness ... or you can look at it as a form of excellence (virtus / arete) that has value in and of itself.

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    8. Eddie, Son of Richard‏ @random_eddie 21 Apr 2019
      Replying to @MorlockP

      I understand what you're getting at, and agree, sort-of. In the idle utopia, the MMO players will be pursuing excellence / virtus / arete, even while doing nothing "productive" (i.e. not increasing the capital stock and productive capacity). +

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    9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 21 Apr 2019
      Replying to @random_eddie

      you got SOOOO close to defeating the final boss what you SHOULD have said is "yes, Travis, I entirely agree, and as proof that <above argument>, reflect that here you are, in the MMORPG simulation, achieving excellence by grinding for that gold"

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    10. Eddie, Son of Richard‏ @random_eddie 21 Apr 2019
      Replying to @MorlockP

      I appreciate this tweet on many levels

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 21 Apr 2019
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