tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953668684202471424.post7687993972327507784..comments2013-03-14T12:54:02.634-07:00Comments on The Quill: Discussion with my Father (discussion, thoughts)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08278528096098651838noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953668684202471424.post-84602488243460539802011-06-20T09:08:50.185-07:002011-06-20T09:08:50.185-07:00Yes, because change requires people to give up thi...Yes, because change requires people to give up things and get off their lazy bums to do stuff. And no we wouldn't.<br />-FaithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953668684202471424.post-57521984825370877442011-06-20T07:22:20.976-07:002011-06-20T07:22:20.976-07:00Not to mention, people may be dissatisfied with cu...Not to mention, people may be dissatisfied with current life styles, but they hate change even more. You think a capitalist nation like ourselves would gladly embrace socialism, like what you described?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953668684202471424.post-85037851090009726522011-06-19T20:30:11.239-07:002011-06-19T20:30:11.239-07:00oops forgot to say who it was....The old guy :-)oops forgot to say who it was....The old guy :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953668684202471424.post-529131883365724602011-06-19T20:29:22.230-07:002011-06-19T20:29:22.230-07:00Faith even if we take the money factor out it woul...Faith even if we take the money factor out it would still be a world where "he with the most toys win" Yes we can give to the needy to help but also make ourselves feel better but there would always be the people who would need more cows in his herd then someone else or more land or chickens...More cars or televisions and the biggest and best laptop...So many things can be subsituted for money...But I agree todays society is not in a good place...Also not all but a lot or organisations that we donate money to the help the children in Africa lets say... Subtract their wages and running costs from the money before it is used to buy food etc..So with some only 20cents in the dollar reaches the ones needing it....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953668684202471424.post-27121923103944236822011-06-17T21:13:39.278-07:002011-06-17T21:13:39.278-07:00That's what I'm saying that bothers me. We...That's what I'm saying that bothers me. We would be getting everything we normally get and needed, just without the money factor. There would be nothing missing in our lives except the money. We would contribute because we wanted to, not for motivation. That's what bothers me about society today. Almost no one does anything helpful anymore without motivation and 'incentive'. Barely anyone does anything just for that 'feel good' sensation you get after you've helped someone out. We're a greedy, needy species, and money just adds fuel to the fire. Everyone wants the kids in Africa, for example, to stop starving. But only a few brave people actually DO something, because no one cares to put forth the time and effort to make a difference.<br />-FaithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953668684202471424.post-6397585094517534882011-06-17T17:38:20.856-07:002011-06-17T17:38:20.856-07:00It wouldn't work because money = motivation. A...It wouldn't work because money = motivation. And feeding people so they wouldn't starve would take away motivation. Walmart would never go for that. Walmart didn't get into business to feel good, they want to make money. BUT the money they and other companies make create jobs so people can earn money to buy food and stuff. As a country we advanced so far because of money that motivated people and cars that transported people to be able to find jobs farther away. If we were still bartering, there would be jobs that would be unfilled due to the difficulty in paying them. 150 yrs ago people paid the doctor with chickens. But chickens don't pay for medical school tuition. So not many went into that profession. After a while the chickens were dead or rotten so not useful as trade anymore. Money is easier to carry than chickens or other tradable items. Also what if you wanted to trade chickens to the doctor for your sick kid but the doctor already had more chicken than he wanted but needed new wheels for his wagon or horse shoes? Money is a way of making it so you can make choices with what you get so that you can have what you want not what people are willing to give you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953668684202471424.post-38961645691562079612011-06-17T13:02:42.263-07:002011-06-17T13:02:42.263-07:00I would give up brussel sprouts :-) While your ide...I would give up brussel sprouts :-) While your idea of a world without money may be a good one it would never work..Man with his natural greed would ruin it.At Wal mart or ant shop he would be walking out with trollies overloaded with things just because they were there. A single man who works 40 hours would wonder why he only gets the same as a man with a wife and 6 kids who works the same hours etc...As with hunger in this world sadly that will never stop..We grow or produce food to feed the country but can not grow enough to feed all countries...Some countries with money (the thing you do not like) have the money to buy the food others produce as thier population is larger then their farmlands can handle but if they produce cars or televisions they export and sell them to make the money to buy the food..so sort of like the bartering system your dad mentioned...But with places like in africa or a lot of the poorer asian countries or india they have a poor health system and are over populated and this all contributes to people dieing early or going hungry...So yes we do help by sending staple food (rice or flour) to them to help them survive but it will not stop the hunger problem...BUT young people with ideas like this can change the world in the future or find a solution...an old aussieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com