For instance: try this on for size:

What if there was no selling, and no buying?

What if nobody sold you anything, and nobody bought anything?

What if there were no buyers or sellers? Just people who live.

What kind of life would that be?

Would a life without buying or selling be better or worse than the onew you have now?

See if you can imagine your life without these two things.

well, assuming it's just me that's not buying and selling, i would die pretty soon from starvation.

if everybody else stops buying and selling, in the sense of exchanging currency for goods and services, we'd revert to the less-efficient barter system.

if we all stopped trading things at all, we'd either all have to be self sufficient, revert to an animal state in which the strong survive by taking what they need from the weak, or we'd all die from malnutrition, lack of clothing or shelter.

in conclusion, i think i'll stick with things as they are. i don't think money is the root of all evil, i think greed is.

You are correct: money is a symptom of greed.

So?

What if people are not greedy? what if people like helping each other instead of taking from each other? The entire culture of money is based up[on the assumption of: 'ME FIRST. FUCK EVERYONE ELSE.'

What if everybody put themselves last? what if people found out how much happier they are when they help instead br greedy and take? What if people start enjoying the pleasure of generosity instead of the unhappiness of selfishness?

You only want to live in a world of greedy selfish people? That is very short sighted. Would you rather live in a world where everyone is generous and giving? No?

Every selfish ass I have ever met believes that everybody is only out for themselves.

That is a bunch of bullshit.

That is the excuse all selfish people use.

Greed is not human nature. greed has to be taught.

Generosity also has to be taught.

It is merely a matter of teaching and learning.

It is merely a matter of learning how to live without everyboby FORCED to be greedy.

Buying and selling FORCES you to be greedy and selfish.

If there is no buying or selling... then you would be FORCED to learn another way to live. You would be FORCED to learn how to cooperate with other people... and you might find out much to your surprise... that it is a much better way to live.

I am merely showing examples of how human culture can be changed.

You can create your own culture. You do not have to conform to the culture of greed, or the culture of buying and selling.

All you need to do is have enough people to agree on deleting this one thing from their life... and you will be amazed how fast and how quickly your culture changes.

Fuck that. I like having money. And I don't care about the people that don't.

LONG LIVE CAPITALISM!

what is it with you and this stupid fucking question? THe only people who hate money are the people too poor and too fucking stupid to figure out how to make enough of it to be comfortable. SO crawl back into your box you fucking hobo.

Idiots like you are a dime a dozen.

In case you do not know: you monocultural ignorant ass: there are billions of people who do not have the PRIVILEGE of getting a good paying job. They live in AFRICA, in ASIA, in INDIA, in SOUTH AMERICA. Because high paying jobs only exist as a SMALL MINORITY of openings: which are LIMITED in number. There are MILLIONS of people that can do your job BETTER than you can, and are more INTELLIGENT, and more COMPETENT than you are. But they are not ALLOWED to compete aginst you on an equal playing field. if they were... you would be out on your incompetent ASS, and whining about how come you can't make any money.

So crawl back into your cave and shut up

Dear moron:

[x] you must eat shit because all you got to say is bullshit.
[x] you mistook your opinion as worthwhile. It isnt because youre retarded.
[] your ass is huge from sitting in front of a computer all day
[] that words doesnt mean what you think it means
[x] you can tell your mother, "thanks for the toothy blowjob" for me.
[] please stop talking, because its nigh but verbal masterbation, fullfilling for a fleeting moment, but ultimatly pointless since you will never see a vagina/position of authority

You have a history of being:

[x] a moron
[] a douchebag
[x] a dumbfuck
[x] a communist
[x] a liberal retard
[] a republican
[x] a uninformed dolt of titanic size
[] repetitive faggot who needs to be Matthew Shepherded
[x] a stupid fuck who poses ridiculous and stupid questions

You need to:

[] die at the earliest convienience.
[x] pull your head out of your ass.
[] stop being a dumbfuck shitweasel.
[x] grow the fuck up.
[x] STFU and GBTW.
[x] get a job, and stop living off of mommies money.
[] get a REAL education, the reference books youre reading suck ass.
[x] eat a pile of dog shit, since you love the flavor of ass.

Lastly:

[]Go fuck your hand you misanthrope
[x]stick your cock in a blender and hit "frappe"
[]stop letting your mother rape you at midnight, its bad for your self esteem.
[]eat my ass you salad tossing dumbfuck!
[x]fuck you with a splintery baseball bat.
[]learn to spell you fucking retard.
[x]go back to hell with the rest of your hippie, commie loving faggot acting cheese eating friends.


yours,

Billy

The system works on a small scale where each individual is a cherished member of the group. People look out for the wellbeing of each person.

A family unit is a group like this. You don't pay your mum to make you dinner. She makes it out of the goodness of her heart.

Some villages worked like this - until barter systems came along.

It's not just about greed though. It's about fairness. If I'm working all day to provide for everyone, but there are people that sit and do nothing all day, why should they reap the rewards of my work? Communism is a noble idea, but it works only if everyone works for a common goal.

That's not true. Look at children. They are very greedy unless they have firm parents that teach them otherwise.

Survival depends on a certain kind of greediness.

And hippy commies like you are the ones that bag my groceries and dry clean my sweaters. Thanks!

don't dishonor turak anymore. he is officialy retarded and i feel sorry for him.

HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!... Somebody get the net!

Am I bothering you little boy?

HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!

Don't stop! More! HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!

WEll Said! Finally... a person onthis forum who is not a borderline psychotic and actually understands that there is more to life than greed..

Just out of curiosity: you do you... a sane person, bother with these nut cases here? Out of the goodness of your heart? They do not understand goodness. They never will.

you are ignorant and call those with differing opinions insane. you are incredible senile, extraordinarily immature, or completely mentally retarded.

there is a difference between greed and necessity. everything happens for a good reason. mothers make food for their children out of the goodness of their hearts, in one sense, and because doing so makes them happy, in another. in yet another sense, they do it because not to do so would mean that society would reject the mother for not being part of society. such things are burned into our skulls. i'm not saying that goodness is impossible, just that, by and large, things aren't based on it, but on impersonal laws which describe both the good and the bad, but most of all the cause/effect relationships that rule existence.

Apostate, I'm glad you brought law into it. Communities and law....now that's another interesting topic.

Unless it's strictly business, in my relationships - friends, flatmates, family it's normally a share system. I doubt very much that we can arrange the world to share impersonally. If I'm not using it, I'll would gladly lend everything I own. I'd to think the same of those I love.

Maybe the question should be: why isn't the instinct we feel towards our friends and family shared amoung all people? Personally, it's trust. I don't trust that the next guy is going to do his part for the communal group.

I don't have anything against communes either - not all communes are evil cults!...I must be secretly a hippie then right?

Bullshit idealism. Oh yeah it would be wonderful if we lived in a world with no fighting, no money, and everybody shared what everybody else needed. But that will NEVER HAPPEN. Because man is, by nature, a selfish creature. Ambition is not to be despised as greed, it should be rewarded, and in most civilized societies it is. Those who are willing to work harder and give up more SHOULD have more money, they SHOULD live more comfortably, because they have EARNED it.

bravo! encore! c'est magnifique!

Yes but what have you earned? MONEY. You have NOT earned the right to be rich while other people starve. Money is the EXCUSE people like you use. What do you earn working doing the same thing every day> eh?

What have you LEARNED doing the same stupid thing every day EH?

The only time you EARN something, is when you LEARN. If you do not LEARN you have not earned diddly squat. Until you learn not to repeat the same old tiresome mistakes of thepast: you have earned NOTHING but the right to REPEAT those mistakes. And you have also earned the right to be treated as you treat other people.

Do you think 1 billion people do not EARN the water they drink? They have to walk miles for it. You turn on the tap and presto! UNEARNED WATER! EASY! FREE!

Maybe if you are forced to walk 15 miles every day for water... maybe after you have EARNED the right to drink water: then you can sneer at lazy asses like yourself who have not EARNED the right to drink water.

Your specious arguements are so easy to rip apart.

Your idea that man is by nature greedy and selfish is the biggest load of crap. No baby born in the world was ever born greedy or selfish. They all had to be taught these two vices. You repeat the same old tiresome, idiotic fallacies that have already been shot down by every scientific research done into human social instincts.

The simple fact is that this issue exposes you.

It separates the selfish people from the unselfish people.

You are a taker. You have never learned the joy of giving: mainly because you have nothing to give of yourself... but that is your parents fault. Selfish people like you are incapable of understanding generosity or unselfishness. What surprise is that?

A person born blind cannot be expected to understand the color blue if they never saw it. Try developing insight into yourself. You might see something.