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[–] 6 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Yeah, even the concept of money needs to be abandoned. We don't need it.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (4 children)

    If we don't need it, why does practically every civilization invent it?

    What's your alternative? Barter?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    "we" don't need it. Despite every large civilisation inventing it, small civilisation (150 person village) just doesn't. And can thrive quite happily without it.

    It's when civilisation gets larger that we "need" money. You can't build the LHC or Artemis 2 without some form of intermediary currency. The problem is, to do that you end up with the issues of power imbalances.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    So... "we" do "need" it.

    ("We" in this case being everyone who lives in something larger than a 150-person village, which is the overwhelming majority of us)

    ("Need" meaning very accommodating for trade, which seems to be important to the vast majority of all societies ever)

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