>> ^renatojj:
if you pay $200,000 for a Lamborghini, you end up with a Lamborghini. I'm sure some people think a Lamborghini is valuable, otherwise they wouldn't pay $200,000 for it.
Now go find someone willing to dump $200,000 to pay five people to dig and refill holes. Not so valuable.
You can compare anything to paying people to dig and fill up holes and call it economic vandalism, check this out:
Building the empire state building took 40 million dollars in the 30's, that's like paying 1000 people $40,000 each to spend a year digging and refilling holes. Nothing of value has been produced. You just end up with a tall pile of concrete and glass that is in no way distinguishable from thousands of holes in the ground filled with dirt.


A $200,000 sports car has essentially the same value as a $1000 second-hand runaround. They both perform the same functions at about the same efficiency, except the old banger gets better mileage and probably breaks down less. The only people who see more value in the Lamborghini are animalistic simpletons who can't control their instinctive compulsion to flaunt status symbols.

Is this your guiding social principle? Whichever endeavours produce something shiny enough to enflame the passion of a five year old are worthwhile? Dollars spent on pet grooming do not have an equivalent economic benefit as dollars spent on communications infrastructure. This naive doctrine of 'everything has value that can tempt enough morons into paying for it' has to be destroyed.

@gorillaman, if you pay $200,000 for a Lamborghini, you end up with a Lamborghini. I'm sure some people think a Lamborghini is valuable, otherwise they wouldn't pay $200,000 for it.

Now go find someone willing to dump $200,000 to pay five people to dig and refill holes. Not so valuable.

You can compare anything to paying people to dig and fill up holes and call it economic vandalism, check this out:

Building the empire state building took 40 million dollars in the 30's, that's like paying 1000 people $40,000 each to spend a year digging and refilling holes. Nothing of value has been produced. You just end up with a tall pile of concrete and glass that is in no way distinguishable from thousands of holes in the ground filled with dirt.

>> ^renatojj:
uh... the broken window fallacy doesn't seem to apply here because manufacturing Lamborghinis is actually profitable, it's completely voluntary (people are free to do more productive things than build or buy a Lamborghini, if they want) and there's no destruction of someone else's property in that process. Unlike mass murder, wars or breaking a window.
You clearly consider yourself better than most people when it comes to directing humanity's resources, maybe you should run for office.


Paying $200,000 for a sports car is comparable to paying five people $40,000 each to spend a year digging and refilling holes. Nothing of value has been produced, five man-years of human productivity have been destroyed; it's economic vandalism.

@gorillaman, uh... the broken window fallacy doesn't seem to apply here because manufacturing Lamborghinis is actually profitable, it's completely voluntary (people are free to do more productive things than build or buy a Lamborghini, if they want) and there's no destruction of someone else's property in that process. Unlike mass murder, wars or breaking a window.

You clearly consider yourself better than most people when it comes to directing humanity's resources, maybe you should run for office.

>> ^ChaosEngine:
You act as though the labour and resources went into a black hole. Engineers were employed, research was done, factories were built, money was made and families were fed.
A crime against humanity? Are you seriously comparing owning a fucking car to this, or this or this? I really hope you're joking.

This is the broken window fallacy.

At least mass murder is good for the environment. Burning the equivalent of five man-years of labour on one car just to feed your vanity, and making the whole world poorer in the process, is a pure evil.

>> ^gorillaman:

Absurd luxuries like these cost so much because of the amount of labour and resources that went into producing them. Labour and resources that could have been spent producing something worthwhile instead. When you buy a Lamborghini you're making the world worse for everyone. Owning a Lamborghini is a crime against humanity.


Cost of raising a child in the US: $220,000

List price of a Gallardo: $198,000

As far as I'm concerned, your parents could have spent the money on producing something worthwhile instead of having you.

You act as though the labour and resources went into a black hole. Engineers were employed, research was done, factories were built, money was made and families were fed.

A crime against humanity? Are you seriously comparing owning a fucking car to this, or this or this? I really hope you're joking.

Whoops, meant to post on the video page! Check there.In reply to this comment by residue:
>> ^Nickerd:

Was that a Jesus cross on the mirror? How Christian of them.


thanks for reminding me why I stopped reading user comments on the sift

>> ^Nickerd:

Was that a Jesus cross on the mirror? How Christian of them.


thanks for reminding me why I stopped reading user comments on the sift

Absurd luxuries like these cost so much because of the amount of labour and resources that went into producing them. Labour and resources that could have been spent producing something worthwhile instead. When you buy a Lamborghini you're making the world worse for everyone. Owning a Lamborghini is a crime against humanity.

Something something something glass houses.>> ^A10anis:


Bravo Sir; Your comments clearly demonstrate that you are just a sad, jealous, guy.

In reply to this comment by A10anis:
>> ^ChaosEngine:

>> ^spoco2:
@<a rel="nofollow" href="http://videosift.com/member/A10anis" title="member since May 27th, 2009" class="profilelink">A10anis : It's all relative until you're spending more than the mean house price in your country ON A CAR.
@<a rel="nofollow" href="http://videosift.com/member/ChaosEngine" title="member since November 9th, 2009" class="profilelink">ChaosEngine : See previous statement.

What difference does that make? If you can afford it, and you're not screwing people over to do so, buy whatever the fuck you want.
Or does this anti-luxury item only extend to cars? What about a boat? or art? I guess whoever paid eleventy squillion for a painting (it doesn't even do anything! you can look at a copy of it on the web) must be a complete ass.

I am in total agreement with you (Read my posts). Spoco2, having lost the argument, has attributed HIS comment to me, which is pretty desperate of him.

I realise that. I was replying to spoco2's comment which included your tag.

>> ^ChaosEngine:

>> ^spoco2:
@A10anis : It's all relative until you're spending more than the mean house price in your country ON A CAR.
@ChaosEngine : See previous statement.

What difference does that make? If you can afford it, and you're not screwing people over to do so, buy whatever the fuck you want.
Or does this anti-luxury item only extend to cars? What about a boat? or art? I guess whoever paid eleventy squillion for a painting (it doesn't even do anything! you can look at a copy of it on the web) must be a complete ass.

I am in total agreement with you (Read my posts). Spoco2, having lost the argument, has attributed HIS comment to me, which is pretty desperate of him.

>> ^spoco2:

@A10anis : It's all relative until you're spending more than the mean house price in your country ON A CAR.
@ChaosEngine : See previous statement.


What difference does that make? If you can afford it, and you're not screwing people over to do so, buy whatever the fuck you want.

Or does this anti-luxury item only extend to cars? What about a boat? or art? I guess whoever paid eleventy squillion for a painting (it doesn't even do anything! you can look at a copy of it on the web) must be a complete ass.

>> ^spoco2:

>> ^A10anis:
>> ^spoco2:
That just makes me happy:
Dick who bought a lambo in the first place
Dick who thinks it's appropriate to give it some pedal going round a corner to show off why he spent so much money on a CAR
Dick smashes into other cars, causes no injuries, just VERY expensive damage to his car, and to others which he'll have to pay for.
Bravo sir, you've made me quite, quite happy.

Bravo Sir; Your comments clearly demonstrate that you are just a sad, jealous, guy. Let me guess your response; "I have the money to buy a lamborghini but don't want to look a dick." Yeah, sure. Here is a quote that may help you; "jealousy is the tribute those who haven't, pay to those who have."

Really? You're going to try to justify people who spend the price of a house on a car, and then have no idea how to drive it? That's the line you're going to take? Because it's pretty indefensible.
I'm never going to say "I have the money to buy a Lamborghini". I seriously doubt I'll ever have that much disposable cash. If I did have huge sums of cash, I would quite like to have a nice car, sure, maybe a couple of hundred thousand dollars cheaper than a lambo though. And I also wouldn't act like a dick and rev the engine while sitting at the lights, before trying to show off the 'raw power' of my manly machine. I don't see how people can justify that much money on a vehicle that has 2 seats and where 95% of its power is unusable due to it never being safe to drive at full speed. It's retarded.
Do I suppose then that you have bought a really expensive dick replacement car? Or do you just lust after them?

How people spend their money is their business, and requires no justification from anyone. Also, how do you know it was not the first time this person had driven it and underestimated its power? You say you would like to buy a nicer car. Well, it's ALL relative, because a guy, even lower down the food chain than you, may find YOUR choice indefensible. Tell you what, why don't we all buy the same car and srew individuality. As for me? I aspire to an Aston Martin and, no, it won't be a "dick replacement." Actually, you are quite fond of the word "dick" so you really should quit while you are behind, because with each sentence you reaffirm that you are one.