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Only reason people even need money is because we actively destroy the spaces we would need to live on the land without it.
No person is wholly self-sufficient. Every person depends on the efforts of other people to live, survive, and thrive. Those efforts have value, and so we exchange value to other people for what we cannot supply for ourselves.
Money is a fantastic way to do that. Money is what we all agree represents value.
That’s a heretic opinion here on Lemmy.
Good thing I'm not on Lemmy.
Well, that's what it's supposed to be, but in today's digital world it is increasingly becoming only what a small handful of people agree represents value.
I think you meant to say that it is CONTROLLED by a small minority of people; however it must be ACCEPTED by the majority or else it has no value at all.
That doesn't even make any sense.
Ehh. Plenty of places you can go buy land and try, but you need a decent population mass (i.e. commune) to actually be somewhat self sufficient. Without money, you're not going to be buying any tools, construction materials or any other supplies.
Medical treatment also ends up being questionable - if you're in the US, you probably get nothing unless you're about to die. If you're elsewhere, other people's taxes pay for it...