soul_doctor73 wrote:If being able to trade for something you need because you have something someone else wants, and not need 'money' for it, and you see that as step backwards?
Absolutely, positively. And so would anyone with a brain -- no insult intended.
Money is simply a way of simplifying the exchage transaction -- so that the problem of equality of trade is eased -- and complicated transactions are facilitated.
Yes, money was invented to help facilitate the exchanges necessary to a complex society -- and going back to bartering would be a HUGE step backwards.
Quote: Money is the reason for all life's woes.
Get away from statements like this, Doc. They do logic no special favors -- and they do nothing to enhance the arguments of anyone using them.
The love of money and the search for money indeed are part of many of the woes with which we humans deal -- but money is not the reason for all life's woes -- not by a long shot.
Quote:Show me a person were money is not somehow invovlved in the problems of their life, and I'll show you someone who has absolutely no idea what 'money' is or what it's for.
Sounds like another sound bite for your K-Mart presentation.
I've taken a vow of poverty -- and very, very few of the problems in my life (few that there are) derive from money or the lack of it -- and I absolutely have a idea of what money is and what it is used for.
Try to stay realistic and stay away from sound bites. They suck.
Quote:You did mention discussion, Frank. How's about you elaborate on your comment?
The last person in A2K that you have to worry about not being willing to discuss anything at length, Doc, is me.
What do you want to discuss?