NRIII
--- Matt <lbo4 at beyondzero.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 07:38:00PM -0800, Miles
> Jackson wrote:
>
> > You're missing my point. The fact that we cannot
> theorize a moneyless
> > society is a testament to how effectively we have
> been socialized into a
> > capitalist society. Of course we can't articulate
> a vision of a
> > moneyless society; that's like asking a fish to
> imagine a life without
> > water!
>
> The science fiction shelves of any bookstore are
> filled with visions
> of moneyless societies. Or on TV: Gene Rodenberry's
> original vision
> of the future was a moneyless society. His recipe
> was a combination
> of humanity's awakening to their place in the
> universe due to
> encountering aliens (which seems to me a metaphor
> for shedding our
> silly superstitious belief that we are some special
> creation of some
> invisible super-being) and technological
> singularity: limitless, free,
> clean energy and the ability to change that energy
> into virtually any
> type of matter (and therefore no scarcity of
> anything: food, shelter,
> or even luxury goods).
>
>
> Matt
>
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