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What do you believe that most people of your political creed don't? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just wanted to prove that political diversity ain't dead. Remember, don't downvote for disagreements.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (9 children)

The invention of money was a blight on our society. Abolishing it immediately is the first step to proper environmental recovery.

What the systems of getting people their food, supplies would look like, I don’t know, but having corporations hoarding wealth and polluting everything needs to stop.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (5 children)

Money can and should be abolished, but the best way to do so is to work towards a fully publicly owned and centrally planned economy and work towards the use of labor vouchers, which are destroyed upon first use. Eliminate production for profit and replace it with production for use.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I see the sentiment that money should be abolished here all the time, but this is the first time I've actually seen a proposed replacement. It's an interesting idea.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It's Marxist, so you can go to Marx for more on that, though he didn't spend much time describing how he thought Communism would function.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

If anyone wants do go deep into non-monetary economic systems, I haven't read/listened-to much of their work but economists and computer scientists like Cockshott have researched planned non-money economies.

A summary: https://dessalines.github.io/essays/paul_cockshott_cyber_communism.html

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