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TIL, after years of playing Stardew Valley on-off, that Pierre apparently has quite the (well-deserved) hatedom.

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      • Xavienth
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        3 months ago

        iirc it’s basically about how the “invisible hand” doesn’t actually exist it’s just big corporations (which basically own the country anyway) making deliberate, informed decisions rather than a central government

        • NinjaGinga [he/him]@hexbear.net
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          3 months ago

          this Yup, it’s about how major corpos do central planning too, directed by banks, and how Mises Calculation Problem has been acceptably solved thanks to computers and vertical integration, or some shit. Not as revolutionary a book as I was hoping, but it’s a short read and a nice gotcha for market-brained libs and chuds

            • 小莱卡
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              3 months ago

              highly centralized logistics are efficient, who would’ve thought!