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Originally posted by admriker444
there are plenty of resources to end poverty and suffering in our time. we could build homes from syntheticc diamonds to last forever.
Originally posted by Ebaneeza
I must admit I havent had the time to read the whole thread so apologies if this has already been discussed.
Just to play devils advocate somewhat how do you think an alien race would combat over population? Because if they can do it without suffering then that would be worth knowing.
Originally posted by Copernicus
reply to post by daniel_g
China is not doing worse than the states... .where do you get your info - Fox News?
And your comedy is probably exactly what a lot of Americans thinks of China - provided they can even find it on the map.
[edit on 6-9-2009 by Copernicus]
Originally posted by d2che
Religion does nothing to help the human race evolve either.
Sorry, guy.
Originally posted by admriker444
solution - each person gets a home. each town gets a distribution center where we get whatever we need.
we would probably need only 10% of the population to work to support the whole of humanity.
Originally posted by admriker444
You cant prevent men from being corrupted.
Originally posted by admriker444
Alien Glk Glk - and what happens to a human that doesnt have this currency ?
President Obama - well he will likely be in a prison. he wont own a home and probably will be very unhealthy because he cant afford to buy nutrient rich foods and have medical care.
Originally posted by deadlysponge
i think the real argument should what the OP would say differently,
and if you think your conversation with an alien being would be different than a politician, explain what makes you a better or more compassionate human being then the president [or any other politician]
[edit on 7-9-2009 by deadlysponge]
Originally posted by ZeroKnowledge
reply to post by admriker444
thats because in Glk's society technology solves all problems. they use it to share all resources and create abundance.
Sorry, I dont mean to sound rude but its 'Glk Glk', not Glk.
I totally agree with this, clearly thereis more to life than working to get currency, spend currency etc. But I did try and think about this the other day, before currency there was still currency, just in the form of direct barter - this goes back to the beginning of man kind.
So in Glk Glks world money does exist, currency does exist because someone had to build the spaceship/craft that he came to Earth on, and back on his planet, someone had to have built his house that he lives in. Now, everyone there must have to eat, but the space ship builder does not have enough time to build spaceships and grow his own food, so someonbe else grows food, so he must get the food from someone else, AKA trading. The ship builder trades his free time to construct ships, the farmer trades his time to grow food. Its an age old system, that life cannot live without.
If we all downed our tools tomorrow and stopped working, and said lets put an end to currency. Then everythhing around us will begin to crumble and break, because no one is working to fix or build things. No one is growing food to sell to others. And immediately people will begin to trade goods for goods in payment, just like it has always been since the beginning of man, and how it will always be, in 1 million years, in 1 billion years.
A system without barter is just not possible if we want to evolve, it would de-evolve.
You cant just expect humanity to work like that. If tomorrow theres no money, no jobs everything gets reset. Within minutes you would be purchasing and selling goods. When you go to build your first house, and so is the guy next door, you have no nails, he has loads of nails, he has no wood, you have loads of wood. You trade with each other. Its the fact of life.
Just my thoughts.