do we really need a money system?

[TampaAnimusVortex]

63. Profit is theft? You sure about that?

If you take out of the ground what you put into it, you profit nothing... but you also starve. You had better hope you profit if you plan on eating.

What if I grow tomatoes on my farm and the guy next to me grows apples? Do we both profit if we trade? I think so.

As for value, there is a reason why diamonds and gold have more value than leaves. You can rail and scream again value all you want, but it still exist, it's a fact of reality - and money is simply a tool for measuring value. You might as well be arguing to get rid of rulers and yardsticks because it offends you that some people are taller than others.

Now, if you want to talk about distribution of value, that's a different discussion entirely... but you cant start from the premise of getting rid of value or even money. If you get rid of money, you will simply replace it will some similar concept that you may call it a different name, but you will still have to assign value at some point. You will have to tell me why leaves are of less value to a starving man than nutritious food - or why a gallon of fuel is more valuable to that person rushing their loved one to a hospital vs that pile of leaves.