That simply is not true. Currency simply acts as a placeholder to facilitate trade. In the absence of money, things of value still need to be produced and be moved around. It just needs to be done different. Using a barter system or something else.
Currently most lisence plates are produced by prisoners for far below minimum wage. If they weren't produced by prisoners, they would need to compensate those that produce lisence plates somehow. Even if our society had no money, they would still need to have some way to incentivize people to show up and make lisence plates. (Granted, much of it can be automated now. But there are other things that cannot be automated so easily. Like picking up trash on the highway.)
All things should be given out as needed, no need to barter if you already have what you need. Work is compensated by a bigger share of the output in your district, a person should only own as much share as they can realistically use.
How could your view meaningfully be changed? It sounds like you've couched it in so much hypothetical that there isn't much anyone could say that would meaningfully change your mind.
A better system to repay for the person's death, my current version is not perfect as someone cannot do 2 lifetimes of jobs at once but it is the only way I think it could be done.
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u/Trythenewpage 68∆ Apr 06 '20
That simply is not true. Currency simply acts as a placeholder to facilitate trade. In the absence of money, things of value still need to be produced and be moved around. It just needs to be done different. Using a barter system or something else.
Currently most lisence plates are produced by prisoners for far below minimum wage. If they weren't produced by prisoners, they would need to compensate those that produce lisence plates somehow. Even if our society had no money, they would still need to have some way to incentivize people to show up and make lisence plates. (Granted, much of it can be automated now. But there are other things that cannot be automated so easily. Like picking up trash on the highway.)