JillyB comments on Elon musk just became a trillionaire. Toughts?

Elon musk just became a trillionaire. Toughts? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] JillyB@beehaw.org 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Tbf, gold is mostly only valuable as a social construct like cash or the numbers on the screen.

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[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

As is anything with "value".

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[–] JillyB@beehaw.org 6 points 4 months ago

No. Food has inherent value. A tool has inherent value. Kindness has inherent value. Gold has value in its practical applications but it's dollar value is largely because it's pretty and kind of rare.

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