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Originally Posted by T206Collector
"money, in turn, made the hobby less akin to child's play and more like work: lonely, competitive, unfulfilling, and alienating"
The author defines "work" as "lonely, competitive, unfulfilling, and alienating." He should have changed jobs. Not to turn this into Sociology 101, but this is a very Marxist comment, i.e., capitalism's alienating effect on people. That is, of course, the great debate that should not be taking place on this forum on a macroeconomic level.
Given this forum's very existence, the value of baseball cards has done anything but alienate collectors.
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Oh puh-lease, that is not a Marxist comment about capitalism, it is simply a comment from someone who doesn't like his job. No need to label it with a grandiose political commentary--sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
As far as the actual issue of the post goes, I collected when I was part of a community of nerds meeting once a month in a church basement with other nerds to trade cardboard pictures of our idols, I collected as it became big business, and I will collect even if it fades back into the background. It's in my DNA. My collection isn't going anywhere regardless of whether it goes up or down in value, unless someone offers me life-altering money for it, which ain't likely to happen. I just wish I could afford to buy even more cards than I already do, so I vote for a temporary price drop, just until I can finish some sets.