(July 26, 2015 at 2:16 pm)abaris Wrote:(July 26, 2015 at 1:58 pm)Mr.wizard Wrote: I don't understand why you think getting rid of money is the solution or even the easiest solution. Seems to me raising workers compensation to living wages would be the most logical solution and it would also provide a nice boost to the economy.
We're not talking about reasonable. As long as products still get sold by setting up more and more sweatshops, things won't change, since it means a few additional bucks in the pockets of the ones calling the shots. You also have less and less really privately owned companies where a person or a family holds an invested interested. It's mostly shareholder business with suits being responsibile to keep the dividends as high as possible. To get their own bonusses. So, the whole system is designed for short time gain.
That's why I answer with a loud laugh when someone talks about a free market.
Yes, this is obviously the heart of the problem, I was just referring to the idea of just getting rid of money all together.
