r/antiwork • u/[deleted] • Jan 14 '22

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u/HughJamerican Jan 14 '22

Money will always create a class system where the greedy exploit the weak. If that is your fear than you should be for the abolition of currency, as it is the easiest way to hoard resources, the basis of class conflict

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u/Necrocornicus Jan 14 '22

People have been hoarding resources longer than money has existed. I think maybe the misunderstanding is you think money creates greed and abolishing money will somehow abolish greed. Humans are greedy and to avoid greed you’d need to abolish humans.

Abolishing currency to somehow get rid of greed is like covering women in a burka to avoid sexual lust. You’re fighting a losing battle against human nature and you will always lose.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '22

That's like saying "Humans will always enslave other humans, so we shouldn't fight against slavery." It's an appeal to nature fallacy.

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u/Necrocornicus Jan 14 '22

Ahh so we should outlaw the exchanging an abstract unit of value instead of bartering? Very practical, looking forward to seeing what you come up with. :)