[MD] A society without money
Christoffer Ivarsson
IvarssonChristoffer at hotmail.com
Sat Oct 11 05:51:49 PDT 2008
> From: "Andre Broersen"
> Imagine all patterns of value the way they are at the moment but now
> without
> money as a social benefit. What will be different? There is no financial
> incentive/ necessity to do anything...not even financial consequences
> attached to not doing anything.
> Anything and everything is all of a sudden possible for many people.
> The question "Why" am I doing what I am doing becomes important. ( along
> the
> lines of the fictitional character in ZMM: our early school drop-out, who
> works him/herself up from unskilled to semi-skilled to skilled to perhaps
> an
> academic career).
> Quite a number of people will continue doing what they are doing because
> they like it. They like their work because through it they can express
> themselves. Other people will now have acces to goods and services
> previously inaccessable because they are not quite happy with what they
> are
> doing and would like to change (eg some study at Uni level which at the
> moment costs 3000 euros/ half year). They do this because they see and
> feel
> the necessity for this not only for themselves but also for "the greater
> good".
> People will be able to respond freely to their dharma and can now act on
> this.
> It will be a different and dynamic place to work, live and be born into.
> People will care for the environment, themselves and others because not
> money but the principle of rta will be the guiding torch. People will
> naturally want to improve themselves because it is good.
>
> Imagine there's no heaven...no hell below us.
> Andre
Yes. Quality will be served. And we have to believe we can create such a
world. If it takes a few hundred years, so be it. If we want to take the
next step of evolution we have to create that world. That's why I call
myself a "Star Trek Marxist" =)
//Chris
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