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SatanBurger · 36-40, F
Yup. I was a fan of Jacques Fresco long before an idea like that took hold. My reasoning is that we have the technology, but certain biases hold us back. There's things like patents and other things that keep us from having tech in the first place. That's kinda why there's no real cures to diseases by now. But I'm also not for removing checks and balances, that's another conversation for another time.
So my reasoning for a cashless society is for lots of reasons. One of those reasons is to advance tech wise and go to another era of evolution.
In order to advance to a more technological society you would have to do away with cash because there would still be plenty of jobs but the need for some jobs more than others would arise. So there has to be another system in order for us to advance in the first place to take care of all people. One solution could be cashless society.
I'm not saying that we wouldn't own businesses anymore or anything but at the same time, the structure would be different.
Trading, borrowing has served us well but the paradox of advancement would be that in order to advance you'd have to get rid of the current system.
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Another reason is that it does create a lot of waste, money and paper. Going cashless in favor of other things potentially saves millions of dollars and could be very effective.
So my reasoning for a cashless society is for lots of reasons. One of those reasons is to advance tech wise and go to another era of evolution.
In order to advance to a more technological society you would have to do away with cash because there would still be plenty of jobs but the need for some jobs more than others would arise. So there has to be another system in order for us to advance in the first place to take care of all people. One solution could be cashless society.
I'm not saying that we wouldn't own businesses anymore or anything but at the same time, the structure would be different.
Trading, borrowing has served us well but the paradox of advancement would be that in order to advance you'd have to get rid of the current system.
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Another reason is that it does create a lot of waste, money and paper. Going cashless in favor of other things potentially saves millions of dollars and could be very effective.
PhoenixPhail · M
@SatanBurger Transitioning from a monetary-based society to a [i]resource[/i]-based society, was Jacques Fresco's project. And, if that's where we were headed in making our world a cashless one, that would be [i]one[/i] thing. But that's [i]hardly[/i] what our owners have in store for us.
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@PhoenixPhail yes but he also said something about getting rid of money. As the dollars go down in value tho we will need to change because it's gonna be bad otherwise. Because it's illogical to hold onto something that doesn't have value in a technology based society. We're trying to hold onto old ways while wanting other things and you can't. It's a paradox for a lot of reasons.
More tech, less jobs actually not a bad thing because we don't have to work 14 hour days anyways, that's a symptom of a poor economy.
More paper equals more trash, bad for the environment and trees are the only thing that keeps us from suffocating so bonus there.
It's simply illogical to keep using money.
More tech, less jobs actually not a bad thing because we don't have to work 14 hour days anyways, that's a symptom of a poor economy.
More paper equals more trash, bad for the environment and trees are the only thing that keeps us from suffocating so bonus there.
It's simply illogical to keep using money.
PhoenixPhail · M
@SatanBurger There are other ways of dealing with the more-trash problem. There is [i]infinitely[/i] more paper being sent to me as junk mail, than I'll [i]ever[/i] have as currency. Let's stop the junk mail.
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@PhoenixPhail I still support cashless if reasons for technological advancement. They will take some of our jobs, with other solutions tho, people don't need to work that much anyways. The 14 hour work day is economic issues that aren't being fixed.
PhoenixPhail · M
@SatanBurger It will give the powers that be even more control over us.
