The reason why Austrian economists are annoyingly nitpicky about definitions is that it impacts how one builds their reasoning, and over the long run, how they look at the world.
A small error with a tinge of conviction and brainwashing can lead to bizarre and erroneous conclusions that do not describe reality.
One can end up overestimating what bitcoin can fix or how easy it is for a new form of money to become widely accepted if they don't define money correctly.
One can underestimate how much the state can and has ruined if they don't understand what a monopoly really means.
Or one might conclude that noone should or can ever accumulate a lot of wealth honestly and that all forms of ownership is evil if they define exploitation in a different way.
One would end up justifying mass murder and widespread theft without remorse if they define justice in a botched manner.
Human minds are far more powerful than we think. We do not realise how gifted we are. If something as powerful as our mind loses its grounding in reality, it can wreak havoc and destroy everything around us and within us.
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