Well.... this is nothing NEW... the obfuscation ( or worse ) of talking about/ revealing/describing what would TRULY end poverty. But i honestly think you may be giving more credit to some of these "best seller " authors for their knowing anything more.. Why do i think this?... Well.. when I suggest to people i meet, all kinds.... a society based NOT ON MONEY..... I almost always get a look of instant and complete perplexity. (I do not get this reaction when i suggest not having rich or poor.. this gets a smile )... But when i suggest a SOCIETY NOT BASED ON MONEY.. this usually gets a response of "what?".... ie. I think the idea of this, is just without any point of reference in most people's ( even educated best seller authors') minds. It just doesn't exist. And that's why books upon books talking about ending poverty ... never... ever... discuss replacing it with a no money system. It's not in anyone's BANDWIDTH........is my point. ( again: NOT the same as saying, "let's remove rich and poor".. ).
Yes, it is true that the idea of a moneyless society seems impossible to most people; they say but you need money for this and you need money for that. I reply that, yes, in a society based on money you need money; but in a society not based on money you don't. I find that when I discuss how a moneyless society works, THEN people take it more seriously. I point out that the purpose of money (and also of barter) is to exchange equal value for equal value. But a moneyless egalitarian society is not based on money or on barter for exchanging equal value for equal value; it is based on an entirely different principle: sharing according to the principle of "From each according to reasonable ability, to each according to need or reasonable desire with scarce things equitably rationed according to need." There is no need for money when sharing this way. This is how people did things in many parts of Spain during the 1936-9 revolution there: https://www.pdrboston.org/egalitarianism-in-spain-1936-9 .
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Well.... this is nothing NEW... the obfuscation ( or worse ) of talking about/ revealing/describing what would TRULY end poverty. But i honestly think you may be giving more credit to some of these "best seller " authors for their knowing anything more.. Why do i think this?... Well.. when I suggest to people i meet, all kinds.... a society based NOT ON MONEY..... I almost always get a look of instant and complete perplexity. (I do not get this reaction when i suggest not having rich or poor.. this gets a smile )... But when i suggest a SOCIETY NOT BASED ON MONEY.. this usually gets a response of "what?".... ie. I think the idea of this, is just without any point of reference in most people's ( even educated best seller authors') minds. It just doesn't exist. And that's why books upon books talking about ending poverty ... never... ever... discuss replacing it with a no money system. It's not in anyone's BANDWIDTH........is my point. ( again: NOT the same as saying, "let's remove rich and poor".. ).
Yes, it is true that the idea of a moneyless society seems impossible to most people; they say but you need money for this and you need money for that. I reply that, yes, in a society based on money you need money; but in a society not based on money you don't. I find that when I discuss how a moneyless society works, THEN people take it more seriously. I point out that the purpose of money (and also of barter) is to exchange equal value for equal value. But a moneyless egalitarian society is not based on money or on barter for exchanging equal value for equal value; it is based on an entirely different principle: sharing according to the principle of "From each according to reasonable ability, to each according to need or reasonable desire with scarce things equitably rationed according to need." There is no need for money when sharing this way. This is how people did things in many parts of Spain during the 1936-9 revolution there: https://www.pdrboston.org/egalitarianism-in-spain-1936-9 .
short analogy.... like telling a chinese person... "why don't you eat ...with a fork?"
I’ve shared about this recently too :)
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