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 Value For Value kinda reminds me of the law of equivalent exchange the basis of alchemy 
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 Thatโ€™s a law? Says the fuck who?
Not sure people are getting the right value from their niggers 
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 Trades are usually done by two parties agreeing to the terms, and then trading. This makes sense, it protects both parties.

Sometimes someone gives something away for free.  That is because they are rich.  It is that simple.  They don't need to be paid for it, and so they give it away.

Sometimes some other rich people feel guilty for taking free stuff, since they are also rich, and so they pay the producer and say "value for value" as a kind of virtue signal.

But in truth, both parties to a value-for-value thing are rich and nothing of any significance is happening.

And these rich people should not be determining market dynamics or (god forbid) fucking up the market dynamics that are very necessary for the non-rich people.

Am I wrong? 
 Goddamitt mike I was just watching an anime n thought it sounded similar ๐Ÿ˜ญ n idk why I just got deja vu from your reply lol 

I actually donโ€™t know wether youโ€™re right or wrong but what I do know is a lot of Nostr devs are โ€œgiving awayโ€ their code for free n by their own accord they arenโ€™t rich so idk 
 But I honestly like your response it got me thinking now 
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 Stop thinking. Watch anime. Your subconscious will resolve whatever you were trying to think about when you stop thinking about it.... either that or you will forget, which is just as good in my book. 
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 I'm probably repeating myself. I'm probably repeating myself. It's probably not deja vu. I'm probably repeating myself. I dunno, I say "rich" in a 3rd world sense, where all of us are rich because we can afford enough food. 
 ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ holy fuck what a trip lmaooo 

I just laughed n sounded like a maniac 
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 ๐Ÿ˜‚ 
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 People often are โ€œtrickedโ€ or convinced into giving something away for free, because they believe that they are contributing to something greater than themselves.

But I guess, they arenโ€™t giving it away for free, because they are getting the positive reinforcement of contributing to a cause. 
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 Very thoughtful ๐Ÿค” 
 โšก is the philosophers stone 
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 The Alchemist, best book ever! 
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 You have no idea how much I have thought about this topic. 

After many hours of thinking I came to the conclusion that objective morality, something that seems to puzzle a lot of us is elegantly possible with this frame of reference. 

But what do I know, Iโ€™m no Confucius. 
 when you put it like that it makes a shit ton of sense Iโ€™m not confused at all by it, seems like pretty rational thinking to me 

But what do I know, I probably belong in a mental hospital (is what my family would say) 
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 v4v leaks value like all transactions. entropy says so. question i have is where does it leak to? 
rent seekers and tax folk and financiers will harvest leaks from other transactions value to London or paris or a battlefield somewhere.
Where do v4v emissions go? 
 idfk https://i.nostr.build/AarPG.jpg  
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 hahahaha so we just 2 dumb frogs with big questions on our little lilly pad then. cool. pass a beer. 
 Exactly! https://i.nostr.build/nWgmq.jpg  
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 If everyone had a 10 beer planโ€ฆand saw it through, itโ€™d be a different world! 
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 I have?

Explain how. Oh all going faggot this?

I donโ€™t know what pads you need to keep bleeding at bay.

I can bleed for days faggot? 
 Entropy. Am I right? 

More science to be debunked? 

Can we transmute the emissions or not? Is there a black hole that accepts it? Can we send it to Mars to burn? ๐Ÿ”ฅ