DeletedUser43
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Greed....hmm....such a misunderstood term.
If I offer you 1000 planks for your 500 steel then it means that I value 500 steel more than my 1000 planks. If you trade with me that will mean you value my 1000 planks more than your 500 steel. Both of us are happy. We each get what we want. Win win.
Now flip it, suppose I offer you 500 planks for 1000 of your steel. That means I don't value your steel that much and that I value my planks more. If you trade with me that will me that you do value 500 of my planks more than your 1000 steel. It means that you need my planks for some reason and you need them more than your steel. Both of us are going to get what we want. We both win.
You may call the second situation "greedy" but that is silly. If you had someone else that was willing to give you 1000 planks for your 1000 steel then you would obviously have traded with them instead. But you didn't have that option. Your other option was to trade 5000 of your steel to get 1000 planks.
Everyone wants stuff. We all want as much stuff as we can get. Everyone who buys labor wants labor for as cheaply as they can get it (wouldn't you rather pay a plumber $500 than $2000?) and everyone who sells labor wants to get the most they can for it (wouldn't you rather get paid $100 an hour than $10 an hour?). As long as no one is being coerced and is forced to do anything, then the trading happens when each side gets what they want. You likely won't work for 25 cents an hour and probably no employer will pay you $100. Same thing with planks and steel and marble. If you get enough then a trade happens, if not then a trade doesn't.
All that said, most of the uneven trades you see happen because of the trader's fee. Hopefully, the new coming system will take care of that.
If I offer you 1000 planks for your 500 steel then it means that I value 500 steel more than my 1000 planks. If you trade with me that will mean you value my 1000 planks more than your 500 steel. Both of us are happy. We each get what we want. Win win.
Now flip it, suppose I offer you 500 planks for 1000 of your steel. That means I don't value your steel that much and that I value my planks more. If you trade with me that will me that you do value 500 of my planks more than your 1000 steel. It means that you need my planks for some reason and you need them more than your steel. Both of us are going to get what we want. We both win.
You may call the second situation "greedy" but that is silly. If you had someone else that was willing to give you 1000 planks for your 1000 steel then you would obviously have traded with them instead. But you didn't have that option. Your other option was to trade 5000 of your steel to get 1000 planks.
Everyone wants stuff. We all want as much stuff as we can get. Everyone who buys labor wants labor for as cheaply as they can get it (wouldn't you rather pay a plumber $500 than $2000?) and everyone who sells labor wants to get the most they can for it (wouldn't you rather get paid $100 an hour than $10 an hour?). As long as no one is being coerced and is forced to do anything, then the trading happens when each side gets what they want. You likely won't work for 25 cents an hour and probably no employer will pay you $100. Same thing with planks and steel and marble. If you get enough then a trade happens, if not then a trade doesn't.
All that said, most of the uneven trades you see happen because of the trader's fee. Hopefully, the new coming system will take care of that.