A Victoria man has gone two decades without money

Re:A Victoria man has gone two decades without money by elliekelly on Sunday July 25, 2021 @10:49AM (#27949543)

Didn’t groups of people live without money just fine for most of human existence? We worked together. Money only entered the equation when the groups we lived and interacted with started getting too big and impersonal. Generosity is easier when you know the people benefiting from your work. Greed and freeloading are easier when you don’t.

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Re:A Victoria man has gone two decades without money by s1artibartfast on Sunday July 25, 2021 @12:21PM (#27950376)

I would argue that we are living in a all time high of human generosity, on a scale previously unimaginable. It just isn't carried out on a personal and emotional level.

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Re:A Victoria man has gone two decades without money by elliekelly on Sunday July 25, 2021 @12:38PM (#27950552)

Does human generosity scale though? I’m not so sure. Because we’re also living in a time of human hunger, human thirst, and human displacement previously unimaginable. The generosity doesn’t seem able to keep pace.

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Re:A Victoria man has gone two decades without money by s1artibartfast on Sunday July 25, 2021 @12:49PM (#27950687)

>we’re also living in a time of human hunger, human thirst, and human displacement previously unimaginable.

I fundamentally disagree. I think the percent of humans suffering from hunger, thirst, sickness, and displacement is also at an all time low.

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Re:A Victoria man has gone two decades without money by stevejb on Sunday July 25, 2021 @08:35PM (#27954250)

Uh yeah this is totally wrong. Life has never been better for the vast majority of the world's population.

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