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Originally Posted by Bradylama
A minimum "comfortable" standard of living will reduce the want for needless consumtion, if not immediately, because there's no point in it, and that fact will dawn on people as they realize that trying to "outdo" the Joneses isn't getting them anywhere.
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Woah, woah, woooooaaahh.
Where did you get that? Do you mean that, since everyone is guaranteed to be well fed and have a roof over their heads, they will suddenly no longer desire to splurge? Do you mean that people who go out shopping for stuff they don't need will no longer do so because now there are no starving, homeless people to gloat about their exploits to?
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Originally Posted by Bradylama
Everything I've said in this thread is based on reasonable assesments of human nature.
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Originally Posted by Bradylama
and that fact will dawn on people as they realize that trying to "outdo" the Joneses isn't getting them anywhere.
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This may just be my pessimism about human nature, but I don't at all think its a reasonable assessment of human nature to say that because everyone has a steady paycheck, they will just completely forget about their very natural competitiveness. Even if the results of their competitiveness turn out with them as coming out on top (or the possibility of coming out on top) reside only in their head, that is enough to encourage them to continue being competitive.
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Originally Posted by Bradylama
Which is the beauty of the system. It doesn't force uniformity.
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You're right, it just assumes it as a given.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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