Post #1230207
2026-04-08 16:12 UTC
I think people misunderstand the use of money. Money is just a point system we use to decentralize coordination and resource distribution questions.
Only idiots would claim that it's the only motivator for humans. But the more complicated and contentious resource distribution questions become, the more important money becomes as a system.
In basically all the examples given here, the resource inputs in question are individuals personal time and expertise. They of course face opportunity cost considerations, but can ultimately decide to sacrifice their own time individually.
Money and the desire to get more of it (in absence or other specific needs) is pretty much necessary to keep any society with more than 50 people or so running.
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@bearboiblake@pawb.social 2026-04-08 16:17
> Money and the desire to get more of it (in absence or other specific needs) is pretty much necessary to keep any society with more than 50 people or so running. How did we manage for thousands of years without it? Don't you think there are alternative systems we could use for the allocation of scarce resources? Alternatives which do not inevitably cause the rise of fascism, for example? For what it's worth, I don't think that a tokenized medium of exchange for labor hours is necessarily a problem, but rather the system of private property ownership, where the means of production are privately owned for the benefit of the few. A system where profit is possible, is the problem.