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by horsebatteryst 2395 days ago
The $55m sculpture alone represents a huge misallocation of human resources. Equivalent to 1,255 years at $15/hour.

Does capitalism oblige us to let this guy waste >30 people's working lives on something so obviously pointless?

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https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/lawofdiminishingutility...

A dollar spent by a billionaire is going to be less efficient than a dollar spent by a working-class person. Its just economics.