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Old 12-07-2011, 10:13   #42
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Re: Money is the root of evil

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Originally Posted by Pudwoppa View Post
All good examples, but just because no-one has got it right doesn't make it impossible (please - no communist remarks; I'm not suggesting any kind of system).

There's a lot of pessimism about humanity in general emerging in this thread. Seems like most are happy with money as they perceive it to be 'the lesser of two evils'. Settling for second best is not progress.
You suggest society may be better without a financial system, but don't say why, or how it could work.

Primitive man did live like this.

You fend purely for yourself, otherwise you perish.

Since every unconnected society in the world evolved into seeing a bartering system afforded more freedom, the chances of us ever having a non-monetarist system again are minute. If we did, it would be a new Dark Ages.

If someone has something you want, and they are happy to give it to you, in exchange for other goods, or the means to buy other goods, that's civilisation.

If someone has something you want, and you club them over the head and take it, that isn't.
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