What a lot of
bollocks.

If you simply said we don't need money and concluded with, "We can all go back to nature and hunt rabbits and forage for nuts and berries." i.e. you're advocating anarchy, then fair enough.

But the beautifully creative art and staggering scientific achievements happen because we all specialise in different things. Because the scientist spent his whole life working towards splitting the atom, they depended on someone else to provide clothing, food and shelter. And before they started making new and useful discoveries they were a student for decades taking up the time of others. Clothing, food, the expert teacher's time are all finite resources - how do we decide who's entitled to what? To allow this specialisation you need a societal system, which in turn requires money. No money -> no great art or science.

Money isn't the problem, it's what people choose to do with it that is.
( djtrialprice, Tue 20 Oct 2009, 16:51, Reply)