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[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 12 points 2 months ago

So 'pay' with labour, no one is arguing against that here. Do you think the housing this person is standing in formed naturally or that they have an issue with working? The issues they are talking about are money and ownership of resources.

Money (and capitalism) is a terrible way to abstract labour value, and as we can see it leads to hoarding by people who do no work.

[-] AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago

Genuine question: how would you replace money in a complex society? Exchanging favors and services works only on a very small scale. 

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

Exchanging favors and services works only on a very small scale.

  1. Care to back up that thesis with some kind of proof?
  2. I think OP wants to step away from all that transactional "exchange" business.
[-] AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago

Counter question. Care to explain how this would work on global scale? For instance, how would travelling for leisure work?

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

How what would work on a global scale?

A peasant in the 1500s wouldn't ever have been able to predict how capitalism would work out in the end. How am I supposed to explain in a detailed manner how production would work in a society that has superceeded capitalism?

If you want to read further, there are two recommendations:

  1. Anarchy Works by Peter Gelderloos
  2. Anarchist FAQ, Section I

About travel: What exactly do you mean? You would simply travel. It's even easier without borders.

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