A world where money is obsolete and is united over one international governing body?

[Kamakazii101]

I really feel that this needs to get out there. There is an issue going on that quite frankly may destroy human civilization. The issue is just the way the world itself functions and society as it is today.. I can invision a world where money is no longer used. An example being if you need something then you just ask for it. In more simple terms we really don't need currency. Just think about it! Education would hit highs, schools no longer have a budget to worry about. Homelessness would not be an issue, homes would be provided directly from the government. Food would be distributed equally. EXTROARDINARY leaps would be made in science and space exploration. They would no longer we limited to what they could do. Now very expensive anitmatter could be mass produced and used to revolutionize space travel and our understanding of the universe. Not quite faster than light travel, but definatley a huge change to the conventional rocket boosters we use today. Solar powered machines could be perfected and mass produced and reducing pollution. Scientific research could be used to discover new ways to use renewable energies. Or eventually converting to antimatter, which is 100% efficient compared to nuclear power which is about 2% efficient. Eventually if we do not rid ourselves of money, unite the planet under one governing body, and settle our differences, we will never make it off this planet. However, there are endless rewards to this huge change, it will be the biggest thing to happen to humanity. This will revolutionize our world and the way we live it. People will eventually learn to live to better humanity instead of meeting personal needs which is common in our world (greed, selfishness, powerhungry, etc.)If everyone works together in this future world, we will better our existence as people. I just want to know from you guys what YOU think this would do for us. Not only that, but whether or not this would actually work. I would like to hear any issues that would come up if this were to happen, I know there are many. I want your opinions if you would like to give them.

[andre1028]

[Italian Jew]

I really feel that this needs to get out there. There is an issue going on that quite frankly may destroy human civilization. The issue is just the way the world itself functions and society as it is today.. I can invision a world where money is no longer used. An example being if you need something then you just ask for it. In more simple terms we really don't need currency. Just think about it! Education would hit highs, schools no longer have a budget to worry about. Homelessness would not be an issue, homes would be provided directly from the government. Food would be distributed equally. EXTROARDINARY leaps would be made in science and space exploration. They would no longer we limited to what they could do. Now very expensive anitmatter could be mass produced and used to revolutionize space travel and our understanding of the universe. Not quite faster than light travel, but definatley a huge change to the conventional rocket boosters we use today. Solar powered machines could be perfected and mass produced and reducing pollution. Scientific research could be used to discover new ways to use renewable energies. Or eventually converting to antimatter, which is 100% efficient compared to nuclear power which is about 2% efficient. Eventually if we do not rid ourselves of money, unite the planet under one governing body, and settle our differences, we will never make it off this planet. However, there are endless rewards to this huge change, it will be the biggest thing to happen to humanity. This will revolutionize our world and the way we live it. People will eventually learn to live to better humanity instead of meeting personal needs which is common in our world (greed, selfishness, powerhungry, etc.)If everyone works together in this future world, we will better our existence as people. I just want to know from you guys what YOU think this would do for us. Not only that, but whether or not this would actually work. I would like to hear any issues that would come up if this were to happen, I know there are many. I want your opinions if you would like to give them.

A little too optimistic. There is a finite supply of resources that we can currently access, so you would be expecting people to share everything, which isn't in our normal behavior. We would run out of resources very quickly and none of the advancements you suggested would be made. Until there is a way to remove the bonds of a finite supply of resources, money or some form of exchange will be necessary.

Other countries have tried this and had to settle for lesser things. What people called communism couldn't truly be communism because of the need to interact with countries that were regarded as capitalist. Because they had to sacrifice many principles that would make the theory work, their version failed horribly. You are proposing that all people and countries would set aside their beliefs and differences to embrace what can be considered a communist or socialist idea, but I highly doubt that humanity would set aside everything they have believed in for the better part of recorded history for this. Even if they did, the reason stated above would ensure failure.

Sounds too Star Trek-ish in my opinion.

I don't think using currency would lead to a definite end of society. Money is not the problem. people are. If a society is going to die out, it is the people to blame. Money could create greed, but without money, people would be greedy over other things (power for instance). One group might try to prevent another group from receiving an equal share, and you'd have a new form of currency or class structure created that would result back to the previous system you sought to remove. Shit will happen no matter what we try to put in place to stop it.

[Kamakazii101]

Indeed, we are only human. With such a ratical change to the way the world operates its success would be short lived....everything would spiral out of control. People would loose hold of understanding and we would end up blowing us all up no matter what we do. Need it be said that we've doomed ourselves? More simply....we're completely f*cked and there isnt a damn thing we can do other than ride the one way express train towards the eventual collapse of society. But the trick is you'll need a disaster to learn from, and this will teach us (in my opinion at least). We can only hope that this will be avoided; we are nearing a new world war, but that's a completely different topic.

[andre1028]

We'll all die off eventually. Something like this will either speed it up or halt it. But I don't think any political leader wants to take that risk.

[Kamakazii101]

A little too optimistic. There is a finite supply of resources that we can currently access, so you would be expecting people to share everything, which isn't in our normal behavior. We would run out of resources very quickly and none of the advancements you suggested would be made. Until there is a way to remove the bonds of a finite supply of resources, money or some form of exchange will be necessary.

Yes that is also very true, I have to agree 100%. That would be a significant hurdle. I could not imagine my outlook happening for hundreds, maybe thousands of years if it's even possible at all. It's not in human nature to work together so closely. Something big would have to happen to us for our eyes to open. Even then we may never have the resources, as you've implied, to move forward. It would all be depleted amongst the billions of humans. The day when humans coexistence in peace and can actually work together is when maybe, just maybe, this may happen. It's a very deep topic.

I would certainly hope people wouldn't put aside there beliefs, it's up to them with which god they may choose, or whatever it may be. I am only implying that us as people would need to put things such as racism and poverty aside. However, this may never happen. If you understand what I mean?

Money is definately not the biggest problem, and agree 100% thats it the people themselves. I just think that there could be a lot more things we could do with ourselves if we weren't bounded by a currency.

[Drox]

Think this is called Socialism?

Altho it has its advantages, but with it what do you lose? I will admit I am a big believer of state rights here in America which is far from what this thread is suggesting, but I also believe in some aspects of this idea aswell. But we must be mindful of what we agree to and what comes along with it to not hand over any freedoms that may be infringed with the idea. Money leads to greed and suffering of millions, but its also this world we enjoy and live in, we must decide what we want to give up and move aside to allow this idea to evolve. To be honest, it will never happen under consenting minds, not in my lifetime anyway.

[VirDeBello]

Honestly I wouldn't want this to happen really.....like a wise man once said. We strive through chaos and where ever there is desperation, there is opportunity. We need the balance of good and evil. Just like with almost everything else in life, there has to be a balance. A utopia is an unreachable dream.

[Lux]

Lol I think someone's been smoking some whacked up shit.

[Jaffa]

Sounds too Star Trek-ish in my opinion.

LOL exactly my thinking.

But seriously, if thats how you feel, go make it happen, don't just sit back and watch.