• Primarily0617@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    arguably the entire worth of the dollar as a currency comes from it being what taxpayers pay in, so yeah it kind of does come from taxpayers

    also, money is fungible with other money, so “this stream of money doesn’t come from there” doesn’t make sense

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      11 months ago

      The fungibility isn’t what’s at issue. The link between the money stream and the military is a system that can’t be understood separately. Thinking of it as taxpayer funded doesn’t make sense because it’s not a useful way to think about it.

      arguably the entire worth of the dollar as a currency comes from it being what taxpayers pay in, so yeah it kind of does come from taxpayers

      I encourage you to read the book. It really changed my perspective on what value even is and what it means. I don’t think you’ll think this after reading it.