▲ 1226 ▼ The dominoes are falling: motherboard sales down 50% as PC enthusiasts are put off by stinking memory prices (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 10 months ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 208 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 95 points 10 months ago (5 children) Using your money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] underisk@lemmy.ml 23 points 10 months ago* (2 children) if the US government were actually funded by taxes, then everything the government does would be with "my money" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago Well, if you're a citizen, the country is yours, and the government is there to manage it, but some assholes in power managed to convince people that it's the other way around permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rinox@feddit.it 2 points 10 months ago Even if the government is funded by money printed by the central bank, it would still be funded with "your money". Every dollar printed dilutes your money by that same amount, ie it's like a much more subtle tax that doesn't follow any of the principles of proportionality, everyone pays the same (except those with little to no liquidity and everything invested, so it's really a tax on the poor through inflation) permalink fedilink source parent [–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago Profits for me, losses for thee permalink fedilink source parent [–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 9 points 10 months ago That only works if we (the collective we) have more money. If a rich person has more $$ than a small country that means the effect we have is equivalent. That's why micron is doing what its doing. We are no longer the customer. They voted for us. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 23 points 10 months ago* (2 children) if the US government were actually funded by taxes, then everything the government does would be with "my money" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago Well, if you're a citizen, the country is yours, and the government is there to manage it, but some assholes in power managed to convince people that it's the other way around permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rinox@feddit.it 2 points 10 months ago Even if the government is funded by money printed by the central bank, it would still be funded with "your money". Every dollar printed dilutes your money by that same amount, ie it's like a much more subtle tax that doesn't follow any of the principles of proportionality, everyone pays the same (except those with little to no liquidity and everything invested, so it's really a tax on the poor through inflation) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago Well, if you're a citizen, the country is yours, and the government is there to manage it, but some assholes in power managed to convince people that it's the other way around permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rinox@feddit.it 2 points 10 months ago Even if the government is funded by money printed by the central bank, it would still be funded with "your money". Every dollar printed dilutes your money by that same amount, ie it's like a much more subtle tax that doesn't follow any of the principles of proportionality, everyone pays the same (except those with little to no liquidity and everything invested, so it's really a tax on the poor through inflation) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago Profits for me, losses for thee permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 9 points 10 months ago That only works if we (the collective we) have more money. If a rich person has more $$ than a small country that means the effect we have is equivalent. That's why micron is doing what its doing. We are no longer the customer. They voted for us. permalink fedilink source parent