Sure they can. People use all sorts of technology effectively even though they take it for granted and don’t ask how it works. And derailing a conversation about other things into your own personal crusades because they tangentially relate to that crusade isn’t that helpful, especially when you seque into that crusade by attacking the everyday assumptons of others instead of a engaging in a gentler and more approachable transition.
Well, for one thing you don’t seem to have an informed understanding of how money works (or how social services and the education system work). And if this were a thread about how money works, you wouldn’t be subject to these “emotional tirades.” Furthermore, nobody is telling you to shut up and use money without examining it: so far as I can tell, someone simply made the assumption that most people would like to be able to afford a fixed place to live, as opposed to living in an internet cafe. You chose to use this as an entry-point to your thoughts on the nature of money, which may be interesting but aren’t super relevant to this topic.
The main alternative to Western capitalism effectively fell in 1989.
Are you educating? Have you shown healthier possibilities? (Does a vague reference to “survivalism” actually mean anything?) Is money inherently exploitative?
