Okay, I get it. This seems crazy. That was the point of my note. It only seems crazy.
Expecting to pay people high salaries to perform labor that has been performed in some form since _before there ...
It is all about scale.
The classic example of a family is often better as a communist institution, the property is often shared, money is not used to interchange goods and services. Instead we use other means like you mentioned. For example if someone is not pulling their weight in the family they are shamed, or have some benefit withheld from them.
At scale though that isn’t possible, economic calculation is needed to coordinate our interactions and money is required for that.
The classic example of a family is often better as a communist institution, the property is often shared, money is not used to interchange goods and services. Instead we use other means like you mentioned. For example if someone is not pulling their weight in the family they are shamed, or have some benefit withheld from them.
At scale though that isn’t possible, economic calculation is needed to coordinate our interactions and money is required for that.
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