• lath@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    No. Currency is convenience and convenience wins 99% of the time.

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      3 days ago

      Yeah I’ll pass thanks, currency and capitalism is killing the planet and us along with it.

      Nothing easier than being dead tho I guess.

      • Yondoza@sh.itjust.works
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        3 days ago

        Can you explain your non- currency economy for those of us without that much imagination?

        Does trade still exist?

        If so what is the medium of exchange?

        How is value evaluated?

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          Unfortunately it seems that proponents of these systems fail to deliver when we get to practical issues - I’m open-minded enough to consider the thought, but I too have a bunch of questions that seem will go unaddressed.

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            I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again. If one (or a group) of these anarchists is willing to do an AMA, I think it’d be very enlightening for a lot of us. I for one am curious to learn how lots of things are supposed to work under their proposed system. But whenever I find an anarchist in the wild, it doesn’t feel like an appropriate time/place to ask such questions.

            There are some big issues that are difficult to address, but if someone truly believes anarchy is the ideal system, providing information to help others understand how it’s all supposed to work can go a long way. A dedicated AMA can clear up questions, and who knows, maybe even win some people over to their side.

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        3 days ago

        From this side of life, seems true. Can’t say the dead agree, but they’re not complaining much.

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      3 days ago

      Bring on the convenience of the emancipation by technology, provisioning each and all free energy and energy-to-matter transfer, effectively “star trek replicators”.

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        3 days ago

        Star Trek however needed most governments to collapse as a result of WW3 and Vulcans showing up to help rebuild afterwards.

        We got WW3 almost covered, just not that sure about those Vulcans …