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by poulpy123 302 days ago
Bro almost discovering Marx, Veblen and the others
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Candidly the first draft was more naive and thought I was onto something special (naively). Digging through and realizing so many concepts have been covered before, so made sure it at least tied-in some personal perspective

At a certain point, most things can be boiled down something some philosopher has covered (and that's just through their specific lens). So the ideas are rehashed in this sense, though it'll be new to some people, and the perspective could help the concept to "connect" for someone else

They reference Veblen in the very first footnote.
Agreed. But don't be harsh, see xkcd's "Today's lucky 10,000": https://xkcd.com/1053/
...or marginal utility?