| Re: Why We Don't Celebrate A "Capital Day" |
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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: Les CargillLes Cargill Date: Sep 2, 2008 22:25
Bret Cahill wrote:
Relative to my lifespan, there is an infinite amount of oil. I'll
be gone before it is...
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> When you find an example of anything even 1/100th as good let me know.
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I can get in a airplane in DC. I can get off the airplane at LA,
about six hours later. The Lewis and Clark expedition took roughly a
year, one way. That's on the order of 1000 fold in productivity
increase.
It was a *hypothetical* figure, the sort they use in math
problems to make it easier.
>> What do you call the other 999 in value
>> added? Most people call it "capital".
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> Most would call it "fantasy."
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Fine then. I picked round numbers to be nice about it. Make it
999, 99.9, 9.99....
If you are telling me this doesn't happen *at all*, then
you're missing a great deal and should get out more.
Petulantly ignoring the greatest increase in human
capacity *ever*... well, that's *a* choice, I suppose...
>> It sure is not rent....
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> You aren't functional enough to debate LVT, site vale taxation.
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I've been done with that subject for a long time.
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> Bret Cahill
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Les Cargill
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