Live Suite Dilemma

[Gert van Santen]

Jay Vaughan schreef:
>> If there will be a better alternative to money, money will disappear.
> 
> 
> Money is a manifestation of trust.  

Only to a certain extent. As soon as products (food, air, 
housing, healthcare) get scarce - which is mostly from the 
beginning - money will start to be a manifestation of power.

Those who call for the abolishment
> of money, do not trust their fellow man.  

Of course. Money is a result of essential products being/getting 
scarce, and as soon as products get scarce, no-one can be trusted.

Those for whom trust is a
> staple upon which life in a society is based, usually do just fine  
> with money.

Trust is not a foundation upon which life or a society can be 
based; trust is a result of a stable society.

> No trust - in oneself, in ones fellow man == no money.

I think this is a very wrong statement, and if it were true, it 
would be all the more reason to get rid of money.

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