Yet Another Modest Proposal
Posted Nov9-11 at 10:11 AM by jambaugh
Here is a suggestion (on my personal blog) for revising our monetary system to one which encourages altruism instead of selfishness:
Yet Another Modest Proposal
Yet Another Modest Proposal
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man by nature is selfish. The selfish man uses the kindness of the unselfish man to manipulate him and free the kind man from his property. Thus the selfish man is rich, and the kind man has nothing but a good conscience. Only a strong moral legislative body would make laws protecting moral behavior. Thoughts?Posted Nov18-11 at 12:41 PM by G. E. Hunter 
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NUGGITs are essentially just money. Two people negotiate and agree upon a numerical value for a good or service and then they trade that good or service for NUGGITs (or money). DANKs are just banks that loan NUGGITs instead of money. CARPs are like businesses who sell stock to get startup money. I only real difference (besides the names) is that you are assuming people's intentions are good. Banks run for a profit, they want money. If people need NUGGITs to live and buy things, then they will not give them away unless it benefits them. Both altruism and greed are part of being human. To assume that by telling people they get money for good deeds that they will listen is naive. Someone has to lose money for someone else to gain money, and so altruism will simply lead you to lose without gain.
Posted Jun30-12 at 02:34 AM by math man
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"NUGGITs are essentially just money...."
Ah, yea! That is the point...i.e. that greed and altruism are two sides of the same (literal) coin. My intent here is to show that money and the quest to acquire it is not inherently evil as is implicit in much political debate I see. The free market system is as I see it the only best system because it resolves the conflict between the social needs of altruism and ambition (the rational form of greed.)Posted Apr20-13 at 08:46 AM by jambaugh
