I think it would be okay for money to change hands for luxuries, but it is wrong that people should have to pay for warmth, food, water, power, transport and healthcare. If these were free we would live in an amazing world where ideas could be embraced and expanded instead of being suppressed because nobody can make enough money from them. Like Betamax videos, far superior to VHS but who wants quality when you can keep selling replacements for the rubbish VHS's, or cars, or anything really.
I reckon that all the really horrible jobs that people have to do to pay for the essentials, would be replaced by technology if companies were unable to make money from it them. If everyone refused to risk their lives down mines we would soon find alternative methods to get power, and if nobody was going to make money from it, we would be free to experiment without being obstructed by patents owned by interested corporations. The 21st Century might be more like The Jetsons than the Victorian Era we seem to have reverted to with the rich/poor divide.
There would be less need for wars and perhaps a kinder more tolerant society, which would include respectful treatment of animals.
I reckon that all the really horrible jobs that people have to do to pay for the essentials, would be replaced by technology if companies were unable to make money from it them. If everyone refused to risk their lives down mines we would soon find alternative methods to get power, and if nobody was going to make money from it, we would be free to experiment without being obstructed by patents owned by interested corporations. The 21st Century might be more like The Jetsons than the Victorian Era we seem to have reverted to with the rich/poor divide.
There would be less need for wars and perhaps a kinder more tolerant society, which would include respectful treatment of animals.