• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Functionally, yeah.

    There’s a virtuous cycle of commerce that can emerge out of a professional services or manufacturing sector if people are willing to invest in it. But if you see the economy as extractive, you stop putting money in as soon as you assume there’s no more wealth to pull out.