Submitted by shanoshamanizum t3_xx48in in Futurology
The_Bjorn_Ultimatum t1_irh5nqh wrote
Reply to comment by SentientHotdogWater in Moneyless economy simulator by shanoshamanizum
It is a fact that that free markets have raised more people out of abject poverty and starvation more than anything else ever has, while marxist economies have ended in the deaths of nearly 100 million people with widespread starvation and poverty. But setting that aside, let's look at this core issue.
>As I've said multiple times now, people will be incentivized to work in order to have things, just the same as they are now.
You seem to think that people take the entire system into account when they make personal decisions. That is not true. You already changed the original proposed model that said work would be voluntary, so lets look at your model.
I have to work to use this system. Since the government runs this system, do they decide what I do or do I get to choose? If I get to choose, then how does the economy regulate oversaturated markets? We can't have everyone being an artist or a musician. And who would ever do the shit jobs in society with long hours and such unless they have some sort of incentive to do that instead of something else.
Next, what is to stop me from wildly overtaking goods and services. Does the government get to decide how much I purchase? Can they decide I have had enough food for the month and not give me anything? Do I have to get some sort of approval to buy everything?
What is your solution to these problems that money, and prices solve?
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