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11-30-06
no, your high-and-mighty, cliche'd and pathetically boring thread betrays your utter ignorance as to what imagination means.
cash is different from the idea of money. i thought i made this clear but then again i suppose it takes a little something extra to make you understand even the simplest of statements. money: the idea of giving something to get something else. cash: an item which has no intrinsic value which is arbitrarily agreed to be exchanged in lieu of goods and services for other goods and services.
cash exists for this reason:
person A has enough food, more than enough shelter, and not enough clothing.
person B has more than enough food, not enough shelter, and enough clothing.
person C has not enough food, enough shelter, and more than enough clothing.
without cash, person A would have to first trade his shelter for person B's food, and then the extra food for person C's extra clothing.
with cash, person A can simply give person C the cash, and person C can decide buy whatever they need.
cash becomes more and more convenient the more varied are the needs.
without the idea of exchanging goods and services, person A would become dirty and sick, and probably die. person B would freeze in winter and get pneumonia when it rained. person C would starve. that is, unless each one came to be in possession of what they needed either by their own means or through stealing others' possessions. hopefully that got through your thick skull.
raiding would be no more or less prominent in a world without money than it is in this world. people would agree not to attack others in return for not being attacked. if anyone did attack another, then others would kill the traitor to the pact. that is called society, tard. ever heard of locke? you might as well ammend what you said to, "not constantly fear other people taking advantage of you, in that world or this one? so much for your way of thinking." what a retarded numb-nutted ass.
well, i suppose while you're growing your garden you could scavenge for other sources of food, shelter and clothing. procure the simple necessities of life while at the same time ensuring you can have them at a later point in life. again, your argument can be restated as "why start doing anything, since the results aren't immediate?"
as to where you find the seed, i guess that depends on where you live. if live in a normal residential area, you might have to be creative in deciding what kind of plants you can find to grow. tomatoes are a good bet, and maybe apples. things you can easily find seeds from, in the garbage or at the local shop. and yes, you would steal them from the shop. or find them in the trash somewhere.
and yes, you would have to go looking for land, and then be prepared to defend it, should others try to seize it from you by force. claim your stake, and be prepared to fight others for it. survival, simply put.
and you will have to stop others from stealing your food, just as it is now. well, society will stop them, as john locke's brilliant theory demands. there would be an implicit agreement between equals that there would be no fighting, to preserve both parties' lives.
you could band together with others for protection. and, sadly, before long tribes would emerge again, and the idea of money would come back as tribes begin trading items for others. money is inevitable because it is a good idea. O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you ... we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands. - Sun Tzu, The Art of War Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. - Satan, Paradise Lost Rules to live by, rules to die by, rules to go to heaven or hell by. |