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There has never been a civilization on Earth — at any time in history — where someone walking down the street wouldn't see something they want... and want it. Why did Keynes’ promised utopia – still being eagerly awaited in the ‘60s – never materialise? The standard line today is that he didn’t figure in the massive increase in consumerism. Given the choice between less hours and more toys and pleasures, we’ve collectively chosen the latter. This presents a nice morality tale, but even a moment’s reflection shows it can’t really be true. Yes, we have witnessed the creation of an endless variety of new jobs and industries since the ‘20s, but very few have anything to do with the production and distribution of sushi, iPhones, or fancy sneakers. You need a species that is motivated by something other than personal wants, one with a shared desire/goal that is so powerful that it overrides anything else and doesn’t tolerate competing desires — someone that expresses a desire for a personal benefit that interferes with that goal isn’t a leper but leprosy itself, killed without thought. A combination of mutualism and redistribution: Uruganda and similar economies like Umuganda/Isarongo and Ubuntu. These economies are based on culture rather than a fool-proof system. [28] The technological, scientific and artistic characteristics of this world could be much richer and more advanced than in our own since money would not be necessary to make such developments;
Stefan Heidenreich (2017) "Geld [crossed out] Für eine non-monetäre Ökonomie" (Money [crossed out] For a non-monetary economy) Merve Verlag, ISBN 978-3-88396-390-7. Excerpts translated to English by Brian Currid: https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Stefan_Heidenreich_on_the_Post-Currency_Non-Money_Economy We shall execute our king instead, sir, and exalt our tailors," said Chauvelin in Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel. To which Sir Percy replies, "More's the pity. Then your tailors will rule the land, and no one will make the clothes. So much for French fashion, and French politics."Long story short, in the absence of prices the central planning organization cannot possibly know what is the utility to be associated with each and every item that could be produced. What they will have to do is make arbitrary choices, with zero hope of ever getting it right...
So the second part focuses on how a new moneyless society could be established and work and how many features of that society can already actually be seen existing in the world today – in spite of the constraints the current system imposes on their optimal use. He refers to these features as ‘future systems in action’, focusing in particular on the way capitalism’s advanced technology, which has built a world ‘ripe for the next phase of our socioeconomic evolution’, can be put to use. It can develop for example, he argues, a ‘super-grid’ (ie, ‘a large-scale electric grid… enabling the transfer of renewable generated electricity over long distances’), automatic manufacture and assembly of goods by 3D printing, and democratic organisation and decision-making by use of advanced, user-friendly data systems. He is insistent that ‘we already have the systems and technology to create real, lasting abundance and sustainability’ with resources capable of providing ‘all necessities and more for every living person on the planet’.In other words, the very concept is inhuman. Worse, it depends on the removal of innovation, curiosity, the drive for improvement... (it makes Orwell's 1984 and Huxley's Brave New World look like paradise). In fact, it would require whoever is in charge (yup, something someone who isn't in charge is going to want...) to give up the very technological basis that allowed them to have the society they have. Keep in mind, such a society would require a ruling class that enforced the condition of equity — not equality, that's impossible in such a society, but equity. Non-monetary (state) communist currents, ranging from libertarian proposals [29] to the harsh reality of Democratic Kampuchea. Many communists and socialists envisaged a moneyless society. [30]
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
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Whether you agree with Marx or not, he makes a very good point: Moneyless economies require different cultural values and behaviours compared to money-based economies. I think that a moneyless society will put great emphasis on:
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