I have been wondering lately what life in our country, or even our world, would be like if there were no economic differences. The scenario in my head is this...
What if everyone over the age of 18 were given an income of say 100,000 dollars to work. They wouldn't have to work at a job selected for them, they could work at what satisfied them or made them happy, but they must work. In this world, there would be no economic reason to excel at your profession. Your kudos would come from recognition, achievements, good feelings, etc. There would be no limits to quality of life choices. Would there still be enough workers for the service industries? Would CEO's continue to keep their jobs if there were no exorbitant bonuses? How would the world run, who do what, who would live where? Would we continue to amass goods as status symbols of how much better we are? I am not a philosopher, I don't take public stands on world problems, but I would like to know what you would do if suddenly the world worked that way.
5 years ago
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THIS HAS BEEN TRIED AND IT IS CALLED COMUNISM. OMOTM
In the chinchilla's utopia, there are no economic differences, everyone is treated equally, and the blog comments don't have any misspelled words.
First, LOL at Mr. Chinchilla.
I think there is a natural urge to seek a pecking order (or to seek a spot in that pecking order). If there's going to be "social" then there will be some type of stratification, whether it be based on knowledge, type of job for pay (like, maybe in that world people who value the least unpleasant job since all pay was equal), how clean one keeps their stuff, etc.
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