(March 11, 2022 at 2:21 am)vulcanlogician Wrote:(March 11, 2022 at 2:14 am)JairCrawford Wrote: Based on my very, very limited knowledge of the subject, I was under the impression that communism aims for cashless society, as in, no currency.
That's one of it's supposed goals, in a utopian sense. I don't think such a thing is possible. Anything that is widely valued could count as money.
The basic goal of communism is that the workers own the means of production. You could attain that and still have money in your society.
Also, just to clarify what I said before... I realize that fiscal conservatives often focus on spending cuts. And in that way, reductions in spending are part of fiscal conservatism's platform. My point was, if you consider their end goal (no state debt)... such a thing could (hypothetically) be attained in a socialist or communist state. (I made it sound like fiscal conservatism and spending reductions are like apples and oranges. That's not true.)
That makes more sense. I too doubt how realistic it would be to completely lose all currency.
As for debt though, I assume, being the optimist that I am, that the majority of people here in the forum who say they are fiscally conservative fall under the category you speak of. I can appreciate and respect a genuine desire to get rid of state debt. It’s only when people become selectively concerned about it, only on certain issues, where I start to get grumpy.
