• DrunkenPirate@feddit.org
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    3 days ago

    Same as ever…was that money wasn’t needed.

    Do you need money within your neighborhood or your family? Do you pay people for giving a favor?

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      18 hours ago

      Money is a way to get people to do things they wouldn’t otherwise do.

      If you don’t have automation you either have to have money or slavery. One of the other is required to keep society going otherwise no one’s going to do the crappy jobs. Since someone has to do the crappy job you have to find a way to incentivise them and that’s money or whips. Don’t kid yourself into believing that money isn’t necessary, it is.

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        2 hours ago

        I wonder how human societies survived without money, if this is so essential for the crap.

        I wonder why people do crappy jobs for money? Is it because they need much money for things such as car, smartphone, playstation? For some food, you do not need much money. Actually you can grow it for yourself if you do not live in a big city.

        Sure, if one got in this consumption trap, one needs a constant inflow of fresh money.

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      2 days ago

      A favor is just a form of debt, and debt is money. It does not matter whether it’s written down on paper, or just remembered.

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        2 hours ago

        It does matter. How much worth is helping a friend? Or how much money for your neighbors for caring your pets while you‘re in holidays?

        Don’t you think they will refuse to take money for this favor? Not everything in humankind can be paid for.