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by pests 1097 days ago
Aren't you guys just describing how business works?

You have 10 dollars. You can keep the 10 dollars and then have 10 dollars. Or you can invest that 10 and earn 11.

Or, in a real situation:

Walmart had 12B in revenue with 2% profit margin for 2023. It sounds like they started with 11.9B in money, bought inventory and paid their expenses, and after selling everything wound up with 12B.

How is this different to spending oil to make oil?