Trekonomics: conclusions
Or, Instead of asking how let's ask: Why Abolish Money?
1. Political corruption; It costs $500 million to become President of the United States of America
2. Imagine if, with the exception of large-scale capital projects, the main uses for money were illicit or illegal ones, like buying slaves or employing a hit-man.
3.Let's say you had a situation where money was mostly worthless or an automated society put 40% of the adult population out of a job.
It is easy to imagine a situation similar to the invention of replicators in "Star Trek: The Next Generation", or in the novel "Forever Peace" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Peace, that combines the two scenarios.
I would propose that a conservative-leaning government would be the one to abolish money for the above reasons.
Maybe?
1. Political corruption; It costs $500 million to become President of the United States of America
2. Imagine if, with the exception of large-scale capital projects, the main uses for money were illicit or illegal ones, like buying slaves or employing a hit-man.
3.Let's say you had a situation where money was mostly worthless or an automated society put 40% of the adult population out of a job.
It is easy to imagine a situation similar to the invention of replicators in "Star Trek: The Next Generation", or in the novel "Forever Peace" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Peace, that combines the two scenarios.
I would propose that a conservative-leaning government would be the one to abolish money for the above reasons.
Maybe?
Labels: Forever Peace, post-capitalism, post-scarcity, Star Trek, Trekonomics
posted by Legal Smeagol at 8:39 AM
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