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Originally Posted by pai mei
They will do it because they know they will have a life time vacation in 10 years. Very valuable thing. How to keep everything moving ? People will do it because they want to, because there is nobody forcing them, and who does not want to improve his life ? They will get bored and start doing stuff. If in some zones people are lazy, they wil have a lower quality of life. But some will just be lucky to live in some tropical country and have very little to do to improve things. I am sure clothing, construction and food can be provided with only 10%, because the others 90% will not just sit and do nothing, they will try to improve everything too. Overconsumtion will be prevented by the lack of money. Nobody will take more than he needs becasue there is nothing to do with it. People will organize themselves. Yes it's an utopia ,trying to make it happen tommorow will result in chaos.
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Sorry, idyllic and not feasible from my point of view.
People will do it because they want to? If you just let people do stuff because they simply want to, the majority will abandon their "post" after a short amount of time, vastly less than your 10 years.
You are sure that other segments can be provided with only 10% because the other 90% will try to improve everything? I think not. AT LEAST half of those people will just loaf around, doing nothing.
Overconsumption will be prevented because stuff doesn't cost anything anymore? I sincerely doubt abolishing money will solve that problem. People can get greedy with or without money.
People will organize themselves... Why? What do they have to gain out of putting in extra effort to organise something when everything they want and need is free according to you.
A human being normally speaking will do something for a minimal amount of effort to get a bigger result, worth his time (and yes, if you take away money, it will get a new worth, be it time invested, or something else).
Also, if people in the tropics would have to do less, then a massive amount of people will move there, overtaxing the local situation and resources.
Edit: and TwistedMosaic's point stands true as well... Population levels will rise dramatically. Can't believe I missed out on that one .
I think your idyllic idea needs a new kind of human as well.
