What Socialists think the 1950's were like
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They have no concept of a finite resource. It's the only thing that makes sense.
Reminds me of the Sowell quote the first law of economics is scarcity and the first law of politics is to ignore the first law of economics
That's a good quote and a better reason to hate politicians.
Well the full quote is “the first law of economics is scarcity, there is never enough of any material to satisfy all who need it, and the first law of politics is to ignore the first law of economics”. Or at least something close to that. His book Basic Economics is really good
Of course they don't. The rejection of the reality of subtractive economics is one of the foundational principles of leftism.
Which is ironic because money actually is an infinite resource for the US government, at least until somebody figures out how to hurt very expensive carriers with very cheap AliExpress drones in a way that can't be covered up.
This is only since the discarding of the idea of a backed currency. Removing the gold standard turned the dollar from a representative token for metal into a piece of paper with imaginary value.