The truck maker spent many years learning how to make trucks, and even still, it is very exhausting and time-consuming. They can’t make very many. Because of this, there are not enough trucks for everyone who wants them. The truck maker likes rare and difficult-to-make things, so they prefer to give their trucks to other people who are willing and able to give them rare and difficult-to-make things.
Honestly, the flower necklaces are kind of sweet. The truck maker can tell that the flower maker tried to put a little smiley face on them, but they fall apart very easily, and any child can make dozens of them in an afternoon.
Then the flower crown maker doesn’t get to have a truck, but that’s okay because all of their needs are still being met. Utopia doesn’t mean everyone having everything they want all the time, it just means having everything they need
In a world with a currency system, the flower maker is free to make flowers as much as they want and has the ability to exchange them for trucks through a medium of exchange.
In a world with no currency, the flower maker has to live without a truck.
Our ancestors were faced with the decision of which world they wanted to live in. Most chose the first option. Some chose the second.
Even today, there are people who are still largely choosing the second. They live their lives going from one Rainbow Gathering to another, everyone shares the necessities freely, there is no currency, and there are barter markets. This is a life that anyone, no matter how broke they are, can choose(at least in the US and many other 1st world countries). It is a beautiful place to be, and they happen year round. I highly recommend it to anyone to try, whether or not they think they would like this kind of life. Especially anyone who genuinely longs for a life without currency should absolutely go try it. It is a life-changing experience, almost guaranteed.
Why does the truck maker need anything? Why can’t he just give the truck for free if his basic needs and resource requirements are being met?
The truck maker spent many years learning how to make trucks, and even still, it is very exhausting and time-consuming. They can’t make very many. Because of this, there are not enough trucks for everyone who wants them. The truck maker likes rare and difficult-to-make things, so they prefer to give their trucks to other people who are willing and able to give them rare and difficult-to-make things.
Honestly, the flower necklaces are kind of sweet. The truck maker can tell that the flower maker tried to put a little smiley face on them, but they fall apart very easily, and any child can make dozens of them in an afternoon.
Then the flower crown maker doesn’t get to have a truck, but that’s okay because all of their needs are still being met. Utopia doesn’t mean everyone having everything they want all the time, it just means having everything they need
In a world with a currency system, the flower maker is free to make flowers as much as they want and has the ability to exchange them for trucks through a medium of exchange.
In a world with no currency, the flower maker has to live without a truck.
Our ancestors were faced with the decision of which world they wanted to live in. Most chose the first option. Some chose the second.
Even today, there are people who are still largely choosing the second. They live their lives going from one Rainbow Gathering to another, everyone shares the necessities freely, there is no currency, and there are barter markets. This is a life that anyone, no matter how broke they are, can choose(at least in the US and many other 1st world countries). It is a beautiful place to be, and they happen year round. I highly recommend it to anyone to try, whether or not they think they would like this kind of life. Especially anyone who genuinely longs for a life without currency should absolutely go try it. It is a life-changing experience, almost guaranteed.