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minus-squareSybil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·7 months agomoney can’t travel back in time.
minus-squaremellejwz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoNo it doesn’t. But money does allow them to keep going…
minus-squareSybil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down8·7 months agothey are paid before the bacon enters the store
minus-squaremellejwz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoYeah, by everyone that buys meat. It’s simple. If we all stop buying it now they’re gonna run out and stop producing meat. The meat you buy today pays the meat that enters the store later.
minus-squareSybil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·7 months agodo you have a plan to get everyone to stop buying meat now? it sounds like a pointless hypothetical that we can’t even test.
minus-squaremellejwz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·7 months agoNo, I won’t stop buying meat, it’s delicious.
minus-squareSybil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·7 months ago The meat you buy today pays the meat that enters the store later. no, it doesn’t. it pays the store today. that’s it.
minus-squaremellejwz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoAnd the store pays the supplier, the supplier pays the farm, and everything in between. Not sure if you’re being serious.
minus-squareSybil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·7 months agoafter I spend my money, it’s not mine anymore and I don’t get to decide what happens to it. same is true whether I buy beans from the store or bacon.
money can’t travel back in time.
No it doesn’t. But money does allow them to keep going…
they are paid before the bacon enters the store
Yeah, by everyone that buys meat. It’s simple. If we all stop buying it now they’re gonna run out and stop producing meat. The meat you buy today pays the meat that enters the store later.
do you have a plan to get everyone to stop buying meat now? it sounds like a pointless hypothetical that we can’t even test.
No, I won’t stop buying meat, it’s delicious.
no, it doesn’t. it pays the store today. that’s it.
And the store pays the supplier, the supplier pays the farm, and everything in between. Not sure if you’re being serious.
after I spend my money, it’s not mine anymore and I don’t get to decide what happens to it. same is true whether I buy beans from the store or bacon.