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Originally Posted by kira-red
stupidity does not set the proper price for something, although it will cause "bumps" (usually benefiting the sellers). also, the "what the market will bear" sloan of the bloodsucking capitalist is rudimentary evil.
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What is this so called "proper price" ?
This question cant be answered in an economic sense, it is more a philosophical or some might say even moral question.
If we look at it from an economical point of view then we are looking then we are looking for a market price determined by supply and demand, and a very high price is still in that category. It just means very few people will be willing to pay that price. You might classify them as being stupid but apparently it is what they are willing to pay for this sort of fun and you cant criticize them for it.
Obviously this small economic universe with limited supply is prone to individuals being able to effect the prices of certain items, but in the end resellers help the economy of
EU much more than they hurt it.
Saying things like "capitalism is evil" don’t really add anything to the discussion, you can question the moral of people within the system, but the system itself is not evil. That is a purely rhetorical argument with no substance behind it.
You cant have an RCE game/Universe without people trying to profit, it wont work.
Just my twopecs ion the sunject.
Edit: Witte was faster than me raising the same points about stupidity. and as usual added a few other good points. +rep