That would surely solve all our problems

You're welcome

That'd be authoritarian.

sure, executing the ruling class solves everything
just look at the french revolution

Nah, that would just add massive disincentives to the economy.

The entire point of money is that it's a commodity that is a substitute for other commodities.

Why work hard to be rich? It will just be taken from you.

don't work hard to be rich
work hard to provide something to your community

:^)

If a person grows apples

And that's all they do

All they can use to pay a person for things they need

is apples.

If not everybody needs apples

The person who only trades in apples is fucked.

wat

The point of money is that a person can exchange their apples for money, and use that money to buy things from people who don't need apples.

It's a wildcard commodity.

And so long as currency is used and exchanged, a person who is willing to take those apples to another market can continue to buy apples from the person who only grows apples

and exchange those apples for more money.

The entire basis of capitalism.

that scenario is already assuming that money of some form exists
in a gift economy, or any society without money, he could just distribute the apples as needed, and be given what he wants if others won't miss it

trade economies aren't a thing, tbh

Trade Economies aren't practical

aren't a thing without money*

No, they're not.

not everyone wants apples

Exactly.

That's why currency makes a trade economy actually work

some people would die if you give them an "apple"

depends how hard you throw it

currency is also far easier to transport.

My 400 dollars in dollars

is far easier to carry around than 400 dollars of apples

Fiat Currency, at that, is only valuable so long as people are willing to accept it.

well

It's entirely confidence based.

Gold should back all currency

In theory it does, it's just not a share of a stockpile of gold.

Tim recently made a video about a David Graeber tweet

I do think abandoning the Gold Standard was a bad idea.