Quote Originally Posted by GoldenBoy812
Why do you not support open competition between firms? This provides the biggest advantage to consumers. It helps spawn innovation, and reduce inflation.
I don't believe in currency. I think it's outdated.

A lot of people think this naive, but I think people can be given everything they want and they'll still help their fellows out of compassion. The only question is "Do we have the resources?" and I strongly feel we have the resources to give every person what he or she wants and even, with time, eliminate the need for most labor through the use of technology.

True, I think people may take advantage of it at first, but once people start being raised in that sort of society, it'll be less and less. Also, I think people would be bored with just lounging around all the bloody time. I know I'm fucking sick of it and it's only been a few months.

That's the end goal of what I'd like in our society so that we're free to create what we want and spend our time making people happy instead of having to look over our shoulders for someone who wants what you have.

As a transition, I think all the necessities should be nationalized. Farmers should be government employees and the food we grow and catch within the US should be either dirt cheap or paid for by the government. If someone wants a house, they should have one that's not going to put them in debt for 30 years. Water, natural gas, and electricity should be free or have their prices tuned only to pay for the operating expenses an extremely modest gain in case of unforseen circumstances.

So, yeah, I'm an open socialist. Not a communist.

Oh, and how can free market competition reduce inflation? I thought inflation came out of the fractional reserve banking system and from the federal reserve printing money to pay off the interest on the money already in the system.

That's why I say we should have a free currency if we're going to have one at all...with the money supply inflated according to the increase in goods and services.