At least future generations will know that not all of us were self-destructive, shortsighted fools. Knowing folks like this exist gives me hope.
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@aral say this were adopted globally and it was only demand ↔ supply (but no prices).
- how can we use scarce goods efficiently without a price mechanism?
- why would people produce goods that aren't fun to make?
- what would stop drug users from consuming but not producing?
On the drug user question, in our current world, the buyer must produce something in order to have the funds to buy scarce drugs.
Their supply is their demand.
Relying purely on charity, the user does not need to produce in order to consume. And there is no incentive for the drug producer to supply vast quantities to the non-paying user.
It again comes back to price as a signal of scarcity.