Everything being manufactured by machines, it's ultimately up to whoever's managing the resources if someone can have something based on its usage of those resources.

See, I believe that with modern technology, and a slow transition period to let technology grow even further, we can create an abundance of resources that everyone can share without the average person having to sacrifice anything.

Money, and the barter system, both rely on the idea of scarcity. There ISN'T enough to go around, so you either have to have something I want, or enough money to satisfy me. Otherwise, I won't give you anything.

It should be our goal as a society to work toward abundance. Let us not forget that abundance is bad for a capitalistic society. If there's a lot of something, the cost per unit goes down, but the cost to manufacture might not go down with it. So, abundance could easily cripple any business.

As a society, it should be a goal to CREATE abundance. Businesses will naturally fight the concept. For a recent example, what did OPEC do once an overabundance started driving oil prices into the ground? They stopped producing so many barrels of oil. A lot of people say that's just the way business works, but that's wrong. Why should we have to suffer higher prices for petroleum when the market's being manipulated to create scarcity?

Looking forward to a rebuttal.