[DossarLX ODI]

First off, I'd like to point out that when I made this thread, I understand that money won't ever be abolished and that this is a totally utopian idea. Just trying to abolish money itself is what would be the focus if this idea really were to take place - I just wanted you guys to think about a world without it.

Now with that out of the way, I just want to say a few things after reading these posts.

I definitely have to agree that a legal system would have to be set up if money were to be abolished - but at the same time I do understand that value is not always money, and that underlying cost still exists. We could pass a law that everyone must have a job or be in school. Since nobody has to pay you anything, I'm sure any business would love to have somebody come in to sweep the floor, wash the dishes, take out the trash, or whatever else. No matter what you do, you must be employed. All you'd need is verifiable employment, and welfare won't be needed when you can just pick out a house, a car, some toys for your kids maybe, and all the food you need.

This raises another point: Nothing will get done? I think more would get done, actually - say someone wanted to be an electrician or go to a medical school. With this system, those fields would not require costs - if you're tired of power outages, you can go to a free university and become an electrical engineer and work for a power company and take care of those types of problems. With this being said, getting rid of money could possibly make more jobs available.

If money is abolished, demand for nearly everything would skyrocket. As the demand goes up, there would be a near frantic need to increase supply to keep up with the ever-rising demand. In order to increase supplies, every industry would have to drastically increase their workforce, which is not a problem since it costs nothing to do so. With all the unemployed people out there, they can be trained and they can all be employed.

The biggest problem I see with this though, like previously mentioned in other posts, is that a whole new division of the government would have to be opened to regulate this.

As for communisim, this economy is not an assurance that you'll get everything your neighbor has. Unlike in a communist system, the government isn't going to step in and take away your neighbor's TV just because you didn't get one too - you'll get one later, so just wait lol. Granted, there will be the communist aspect that a man who licks stamps for a living can have all the same stuff as a guy who does tough labor like loading concrete blocks. But so what? It's time for people to get over the idea that they're entitled to "more" for doing a job that needs to be done. The job won't do itself and if you don't do it, you won't get anything.

But then, wouldn't everyone just take the easy jobs then? I can see that happening for a few weeks. But once the power goes out, the people will get back to work or they'll get replaced by all the people who want their power back on. Once the water stops working, the people from those works will go back to their jobs or they'll be replaced. Once the trash piles up, garbage men will go back to work. After all, supply can't meet demand if there's nobody boosting the supply. Most people will learn that very quickly if they don't know it already.

If you don't work to earn things, you get nothing. In fact, I think this would prevent people from being spoiled. Under a non-monetary system, their trust fund is worthless and they too will have to work for the things they want. This could also prevent illegal employment from surviving.

However, the biggest flaw is...... money is not the only type of value. Greed will somehow come back in a different form. Again I know this is probably a really insane idea but I've really put some thought into it and I understand it does have its flaws. Feedback?