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The social construct isn't about what a dollar is worth, it's about whether any given item is a dollar. If everyone can apply their own criteria for whether something is a dollar or not then I can claim that a rock I found in the street is a dollar and oblige you to accept it as payment. For the social construct to continue to function there has to be a reasonable degree of consensus at that level.
Comment by 1PettyPettyPrincess at 15/01/2025 at 11:22 UTC
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Hahaha both are social constructs lol. Do you think a dollar bill is a naturally occurring concept or phenomenon???
Try giving a store clerk a sheet of paper colored with green crayon with a hug “$1” in the middle the next time you’re trying to pay in USD. Why don’t the store clerk take it? Because we decided that that is not legal tinder. And yes, for a social construct to continue to function there has to be a general consensus; if we stopped acting as if paper money is worth anything, then paper money won’t be worth anything.