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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That's assuming printing money is the default solution.

I'm not operating with a model of solutions being "default" or not, so no it absolutely does not. What I'm doing is intentionally ignoring the historical context of how these systems developed to observe how they work in the present moment. Doing so allows me to understand the flaws of the model where money is viewed as a resource, rather than a pure social construct that exists in the minds of those who use it. Resources are limited by physical reality, whereas money flows like a clockwork river who's source is infinite and who's sink has infinite capacity. Changing the ammount of money available too much, too quickly, or in particular ways has negative consequences but it is possible. Resources don't do that.

Resteraunts are a way of reducing disease instead of providing food

I'd say they have more to do with entertainment, but they do all of those, yes. It's just a matter of perspective.