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  • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    I don't see money as a key philosophical problem. The danger is in money being used to further excess accumulation of resources, and in money being used as a tool of exploitation. I can see plenty of ways to eliminate those more fundamental problems that don't involve eliminating money, and eliminating money by itself wouldn't eliminate those problems. Besides, money has a fair amount of utility. It's fungible, it's easily transferrable, and it's not a bad way of getting people what they want within reasonable constraints.

    As for what a society that uses money in this way would look like:

    • Big, basic needs (housing, food, healthcare, education, employment) are guaranteed
    • Big wants (a weekend at a vacation house, other forms of expensive recreation) are available to all via a queue system, maybe with some prioritization for people who work crucial/difficult jobs (e.g., doctors)
    • Small wants (think personal items or less-expensive recreation) cost money
    • Jobs pay money, but also how crucial/difficult one's job is gives them a leg up in getting nicer versions of those big needs and wants
    • There are strict rules about accumulation of money/giving significant amounts of it to others

    I don't know where to draw the line between "people who work crucial/difficult jobs should be rewarded" and "we don't want to just recreate class stratification." Barring large generational wealth transfers and guaranteeing everyone the means of decent living would be a good start, though.