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Poignant post on the state of things (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The only way to avoid this that I have ever been able to imagine would require our global society to somehow abandon the concept of currency. But that's insane, of course, so we're probably screwed...

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Not insane. Insane is making up a system of what is worth keeping alive and then sacrificing life on Earth for that system. If we want to survive as a species, we might have to embrace a sort of gift economy.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Thanks for your reassurance. You know, given that the entire purpose of operating as a society is for everybody's individual benefit, it seems kinda weird to reject a "gift economy" out of hand, doesn't it? Basically, if each and every member of a society doesn't benefit from how that society is organized, then said society has failed at it's most primary function.

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