Re: [microsound] industry loses big

["jan.l" <jl@xxxxxxx>]

while I have nothing but distrust for the fractional reserve system in current use by the banks. money in itself is just convenient.

it is also well documented that consumers (i.e. us) use price when they evaluate products and setting the right price is an artform in itself. to high and it wont sell. and too low and wont sell either (the consumers think it is cheap low quality rubbish).

>>But isn't it a real shame to be so conditioned by capitalism that only those
>>items I have to strife for and economize and have to put some real energy into
>>getting are really WORTH something?  And is it a capitalism thing or some kind
>>of all too human character trait?
>
>If you just define "worth" as being how much money you need to spend to get something, then maybe this is true; but to me, the fact that 
>money is involved is just an intermediate step. I get money for doing work. If you take the money out of the middle, my work pays for what 
>I buy. I think we value things more when we work harder for them, whether or not money is involved. I know that if I spent 2 weeks 
>creating a track it would be more valuable to me than if I created it in 10 minutes. 
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