methinks communist being the biggest status chasers is not a coincidence

what?

I have a neckbeard simply because I lost my razor.

Different kinds of status, I suppose.

Under capitalism, your boss gets paid 10x more than you.

Under communism, your boss only gets paid slightly more than you, but he can have you kidnapped and cut your balls off just for shits and giggles.

@donkulator that's fine. Some of us do not have balls.

@donkulator under capitalism, your boss can do that, too. you'd be surprised what damage you can do, simply by dint of having 10 times the salary. also, globally speaking, it's more like "way upwards of 100 times".

@tosensei but money is made up

you don't need money if you had a better attitude and could make friends

@jestdotty all of human culture, every last little insignificant thing, even things like "attitude" and "friends", are just "made up".

also: you _do_ need money, as long as you are operating within a system that is based on circulating money. aka: human society since the invention of money.

@jestdotty i have no elderly neighbours, and i can cook myself - better than most people i know. so - no.

also: no. money is for "easy trade without having to move a herd of cattle around".

taxes are older than money. even $BackInTheDaysBeforeCoins, you had to give a sheep to your chieftain every now and then.

@jestdotty it doesn't make it anything, besides a simple _fact_