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this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2023
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Well yeah, people in the current society do need money.
No no, that's a farse and a uniquely human construct. Name me even one other species of creature that utilizes anything even remotely similar to money to survive...
We don't need money to survive, we just submit ourselves to the government that orders us to use it.
Edit: I guess the downvoters don't understand any other way of life, like owning a piece of dirt you can live on and grow your own farm and survive self sufficiently...
And yeah it sucks, I'm not in a self sufficient area myself anymore, because government and corporations have taken that from most of us.
Gotta pay mortgage, land tax, rent, electric, water, sewer, internet, phone, etc...
Somehow the rest of the creatures survive without money.
If I vow to never come within 2 feet of money ever again I'll die within 2 months
Point is, if money didn't exist in the first place, we wouldn't literally have to pay for a box and piece of dirt to sleep on.
That's basically the original scam, charging people to have somewhere to sleep. Like, doesn't the Earth belong to all of us? Why do we live in a society where not only do you have to pay for facilities, you can't even grow your own garden in said facilities?
We're literally paying to get screwed. Everyone should have the right to find themselves a piece of dirt and go build themselves a log cabin and a farm if they so choose.
Again, humans are totally capable of being self sufficient, we're just too fucking lazy and oppressed by big business and government to do anything about it.