(November 8, 2018 at 4:28 pm)Drich Wrote: let's say... Astreja-ism is that society. perfect in everyway. everyone is equal, no need for money, everything in balanced.
Nope. Dead wrong. Society is never "perfect"; it's a work in progress. Clearly everyone is not equal. Money is a useful tool for "storing" labour, rather than bartering cod for coconuts.
I think what we need is a guaranteed minimum wage/housing/food/medicine stipend, so that no one has to work 18 hours a day in +35C heat and go to sleep hungry in a mosquito-infested shack made out of salvaged materials. Money can still reward work, but be used for "extras" rather than necessities.