So while I’m currently having money troubles I can’t help to think, ‘what is the point of money’?
Money is only as valuable as we make it. A five pound note is only worth that because we say it is worth that when in actuality it is just a piece of paper with markings on it, yet people have killed for it, gone to prison over it and some have gone to extreme lengths to acquire it. Heck we’re in a recession over it, all over something that is essentially worthless but only with our beliefs and minds do give value to it.
So what would happen if we got rid of the concept of money altogether, if everything on this planet was free?
I think it would be a better place without the concept of money because without money there isn’t much point in being greedy. I’m not saying people will stop being greedy and be all ‘happy sharing lovey’ and all that but if you could walk into a store and take a plasma screen TV because everything is free, what would you need more for? If today I had 8 plasma screen HD TVs then I would sell the excess TVs for some money then use the money to buy myself other nice things. In a world without money we just cut off the middle man and just get the nice things whenever we wanted so what is the purpose of having excess TVs that are not doing anything?
Money isn’t just used to buy nice things and luxury items. It is also used to pay things like bills but what’s the point of it? All of it comes from the earth and it’s because of companies wanting money out of it is why we pay for things like gas, electricity, water. I don’t blame them as that’s the way it’s been for thousands of years but I can’t help but to wonder that if it was free things would be better.
The problem with a world where everything is free, some might say is motivation. What motivation is there for people to invent new things that’ll convenience us? Fame perhaps or the love of inventing things? Believe it or not, there are some people that just like to do things without the motivation of pay, those who don’t…well, they will always find their uses elsewhere. I know some work for the wage packet but in a world where everything is free the things that you’d usually spend the pay on anyway you may as well walk into a shop and just get it.
If everything free it doesn't mean that everyone would necessarily live in big houses and gardens and that nobody would choose to live in a dingy old flat. I think that people would understand that in a free world you don’t need big houses and massive gardens and the likes as it merely is a symbol of your wealth, the fact that you can afford to live large and not have to live in “peasant’s” housing but again without the concept of money why do you need to show off your houses and lifestyle when anyone can get it and live the same way you do.
Fact- You need food and water to live. Without it you die. Without money you cannot purchase food and water. Therefore you die. How the hell does that begin to make sense?
Even the very basic stuff you have to pay for which quite frankly is ridiculous because it seems you need to PAY to keep yourself alive…er what? So this constant pressure of getting money in order to maintain your lifespan is what is confusing me, it’s like you are born into this world which you have no choice in the matter and then to stay in this world you are charged with nearly everything in your lifetime.
It’s the same with healthcare, let’s say that you are dying and you need to have an important surgery but you don't have the insurance so you can’t get it. It defies logic to me, you need to PAY to keep yourself alive? It seems being alive is now a privilege and when you neglect to keep yourself alive and die you are seen as…well actually you aren’t seen as anything mainly because you’ll be too dead to know what they see you as.
Sure it might take a while for people to adjust to the mentality of it but I firmly believe that a world where everything is free would result in a better world.
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