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Old 11-04-2011, 06:27 PM   #60 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Beingist View Post
No. Actually, I was looking for the benefit to society as a whole. Nothing is being produced, and there is no service to the general public. Even if you want to trade apples for oranges, who else benefits from the trade, except for the farmers who do the trading to begin with?

So if something is produced that then that is a good to society as a whole?
Why is that?

What would be a list of things that individuals can do that are a benefit to society as a whole?
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