#capitalism
A lot of us here don't like Capitalism very much.
If it were up to you, how would you reform Capitalism, or what would you replace it with if you do not believe it can be reformed?
I'd definitely prefer a system where power, resources, responsibility, and decision-making is distributed and shared, not hierarchical and top-down.
I'd like to see an economy based on sustainability, cooperation and prosperity, not on fighting, scarcity and concentration of wealth.
I'd like a society where the ones who do the work are the ones who direct and profit from it. No slave, no masters, no serfs.
That's certainly a topic with many layers. A small, albeit important aspect, would be to decriminalize bartering. Sure, governments won't entertain the notion because they see no tax revenue, and have no control over bartered goods/services. However, in economically challenged locales, bartering is often a saving grace for populations about whom their ruling governments simply do not give a damn.
@fugitive247 I think trading actual goods and materials directly on both large and small scales, i.e. barter, could be more efficient in some ways than people think.
And if an economy isn't based on competing against other people's interests, but on getting everyone what they need, where they need it, it can help simplify processes.
It doesn't have to be trading chickens for milk primitive stuff, either. We have technology and logistics now.
@fugitive247
I don't personally have any requirement that a society have a way to support common services and infrastructure via the use of money at all. I'm not wedded to it.
If we're inventing a whole new thing, and it's just wishing and fantasizing, wish for something radical if you like!