Money is an illusion. — Yozhura
On today's standards we're forced to work to sustain ourselves, even though our society could provide for you if they deem you beneficial enough for them to provide such assistance. — Yozhura
Why is it ok for our species to expect that every individual should works as a slave to those who are in power, just to sustain themselves. — Yozhura
Money is anything that we value and yep, we're slaves to anything we value. — Agent Smith
Do you value the lives of others or do you mean 'value' as in what you can exchange for it? — universeness
Do you think money or its like as the main means of controlling exchange cannot be improved upon? — universeness
Are you for or against the idea of a UBI (universal basic income) for all as being trialed in a few projects now. — universeness
Very difficult, because you already have said that "to you it makes perfect sense". How could anybody then alter your thinking? Really? Are you open to other ideas than yours? Just a question.Now this might sound crazy, but to me at least makes perfect sense. Prove me otherwise if you can. — Yozhura
It has always been, what else would be something that is a) a medium of exchange b) a unit of account and c) a store of value. All of those are quite imaginary, basically advance agreements in our society that humans have built. And it isn't a tool for slavery, as you might think. Debt can be slavery, but it's also the way to become rich.Money is an illusion. — Yozhura
Could it, really? If nobody would work and do anything, likely then we'd die quite quickly.On today's standards we're forced to work to sustain ourselves, even though our society could provide for you if they deem you beneficial enough for them to provide such assistance. — Yozhura
On today's standards we're forced to work to sustain ourselves, even though our society could provide for you if they deem you beneficial enough for them to provide such assistance.
— Yozhura
Could it, really? If nobody would work and do anything, likely then we'd die quite quickly. — ssu
My local scheme: https://gov.wales/wales-pilots-basic-income-scheme — unenlightened
Hopefully we can still get a good discussion. Money is an interesting phenomenon in our society. — ssu
Could it, really? If nobody would work and do anything, likely then we'd die quite quickly — ssu
I thinks its just an accident that the super-rich are, sometimes, a**holes! :snicker: — Agent Smith
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