do we really need a money system?

[Shankapotomus]

92. What will solve our economic

inequities today will be what solved some of our economic inequities in the past. Advancements in technology. More automatization, not less. If we are diligent and use the advancements generated by Science and Capitalism, eventually, like other past economic systems, Capitalism will phase itself out and usher in a new economic system. The problem is dependence. We can't defeat inequities by going back to older systems, even ones that were more equitable like hunter gatherers because there still was dependence on others in those older systems, as there is in capitalism and socialism. There will always arise conflict where one person is dependent on the labour or wages of another.

The only way to solve this dilemma is to consciously push forward, not back, to the production of more self-sufficient technologies. Relying on old technologies will only get us old social-economic systems. We need self-sufficient and automated technologies. They are exactly analogous to the state we are trying to achieve between people: self-sufficient families don't get in conflicts with others - like strikes and walkouts and union busting and lower wages - because they are not directly dependent on others for basic survival neccessities. If basic survival needs are regularly met without dependence or servitude to others, those instances of greed and conflict the DUer cali claims to be genetic are reduced. As an extreme example I often use, I'm sure there was a time in our history when canabalism for survival (not ritualized) was more prevalent in our species or at least our ancestral species. It would not be an unreasonable guess to conclude the general demise of the practice had something to do with the availability of meat and the introduction of cooperation among our ancestors sparked by technological change.

And so too today, some of our conflicts will go dormant as we become more evolved socially and technologically at fulfilling our basic needs without conflict.

Today the conflict is people just don't want to be at the mercy of an employer anymore because we recognize the inherent conflict that can arise from such a relationship. Yes, we can adopt more equatable models such as the one proposed by economist Richard Wolff but, ultimately, we will still have the problem of adults dependent upon necessary behavior patterns of other adults that, more or less, need to be consistently maintained for the system to not break down.

Ultimately, it is advances in automation and self-sufficient technologies that will introduce a new social-economic system. In mining, manufacturing and, ultimately, healthcare: robotics, gene modification and nano technology. In food production: hydrogardening and cloning. In energy production: home solar, wind, etc kits. In energy consumption: micro devices, local markets. In education: automated teaching via the Internet. In housing: mobile micro homes.

The more mining and manufacturing is automated, the less value will be placed on the raw material. The less value on the raw material, the less things cost. The less things cost, the less people have to work. And once this process is started it will only grow as new technology is introduced and improved to the point where everything is automatized, hardly anyone is working (if indeed anyone), nothing costs anything because there is no one being paid to produce and deliver it. Most everyone will be out of work but no one will be starving or homeless.

And the thing about this economic model is it is probably evolutionary and quite out of our hands. It's possible the major corporations and technology manufactures can see it and try to squash it and hold it at bay but, as long as we stay conscious and diligent, we can direct and steer where we want our economic future to go.