Hello again! Thanks to
Hello again! Thanks to everyone for your contribution to this discussion AND for being so friendly. Some weeks ago I had emailed the SPGB with this exact question, almost word for word, and the particular member who replied was sorta mean to me, as if I was either stupid or insincere in my socialism for having any doubts about a moneyless system. (I don’t take this as a reflection on the SPGB as a whole… of the comrades I know personally, some can also be kind of mean when dealing with disagreements.) I was a little worried about the responses I’d get so it felt great to be treated so comradely here! Special thank you to Robin who clearly put a lot of time into his response. I must admit that my belief that the issues I highlighted would be a problem has not changed… but I will continue to think it over, and maybe reread this thread in a week or two. There are various things which I am now convinced of (and feel strongly about) which I used to reject. Sometimes it takes the mind a while to adapt to new ideas. And sometimes, even after much time, the mind decides the new ideas aren’t worth adapting to. Time will tell what will be the case here… meanwhile I’m keeping an open mind. In any case, I do feel a LITTLE bit less worried about these problems… I still think they will be problems but perhaps not as giant as I’ve been suspecting. (Although whether the problems would be tiny or disastrous, I don’t think we can predict.) Gnome, yes I have read several articles by the SPGB. They have an excellent library and have contributed positively to my political knowledge. DJP, thanks for the video link. I don’t have time to watch it right now but I have put it on my “to watch” list.