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In reply to the discussion: New Leader Of UK's Green Party: Nuclear Power Is The Betamax Of The Energy World [View all]Confusious
(8,317 posts)85. "Working for money" is primarily a psychological issue.
Is it?
Some systems only work when there are fewer people. With 4 billion+ people on the planet, we all can't be hunter-gathers.
Pretty soon, about 3.5 billion of us would starve.
Same with the barter system. Some people just aren't going to be needed. What is the rocket scientists going to barter with the farmer for?
What is the theoretical physicist going to barter for? Who needs his work?
The barter system works for IMMEDIATE needs, not future needs. Of course, if you don't like technology, then it's a win.
The barter system also works good when you have a society of low specialization. How many of us can grow their own food, fix their own car, do woodwork, cook, fix their own computer, etc etc etc.
Money is a tool for high specialization societies like ours. Again, if you don't like it and would like us all to go back to living in mud huts, it's a win.
I wouldn't be so happy to see a monetary collapse. A lot of people would die. It would probably be anarchy for a while, and then rednecks would play king of the neighborhood.
Some systems only work when there are fewer people. With 4 billion+ people on the planet, we all can't be hunter-gathers.
Pretty soon, about 3.5 billion of us would starve.
Same with the barter system. Some people just aren't going to be needed. What is the rocket scientists going to barter with the farmer for?
What is the theoretical physicist going to barter for? Who needs his work?
The barter system works for IMMEDIATE needs, not future needs. Of course, if you don't like technology, then it's a win.
The barter system also works good when you have a society of low specialization. How many of us can grow their own food, fix their own car, do woodwork, cook, fix their own computer, etc etc etc.
Money is a tool for high specialization societies like ours. Again, if you don't like it and would like us all to go back to living in mud huts, it's a win.
I wouldn't be so happy to see a monetary collapse. A lot of people would die. It would probably be anarchy for a while, and then rednecks would play king of the neighborhood.
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New Leader Of UK's Green Party: Nuclear Power Is The Betamax Of The Energy World [View all]
Turborama
Sep 2012
OP
An example of a technology that has been relegated to being a historical artifact
Turborama
Sep 2012
#8
Right, so essentially: "I throw ad hominem attacks at writers who's work I don't read"
Turborama
Oct 2012
#16
LOL! So, if 3 people agree with Donald Trump that makes him correct about the President's BC?
Turborama
Oct 2012
#46
I thought the same thing when I read it -- superior performance undercut by cheaper and crappier
Brickbat
Oct 2012
#17
K&R But that was a very bad analogy. The leader of a political party really needs to be more
Egalitarian Thug
Sep 2012
#3