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I don’t think there’s enough liquidity in your system. Let’s say I think everyone should own a house. I then go ahead and help build a house for you. I would expect many others to have the same belief and build a house for me.

If at any time people decide they no longer believe in home ownership, then the house I built for you had no value since no one will build my home when it’s my turn.

This wouldn’t be a problem if you just paid me cash since it stores value.



Right, you can't please everyone, all of the time, you can only please some people, some of the time.

We can come up with pro and con examples for any set of ideas.

I remain of the mindset that monetary transactions within a community are a net negative, largely because I think human dignity should not be something you can purchase, sell or bargain for.

If we provide human dignity for every member and let money be something we use for nice-to-have items/services, that strikes me as a significant improvement.




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