This one is a follow up to one of my Open Questions, but this one is not an open question. While you can feel free to discuss it, this is more a suggestion. As my question stated, I have a serious problem with the idea that people should pay for a decent standard of living. Food, Shelter, Medicine, Hygeine should not have a price tag to me unless people simply want to live the rich life. One of the things I tried to help push for to remedy that in my own neck of the woods, was Universal Income. So that those used to the monetary system, but for some reason or another cannot work for reasons outside of inexperience, disability and other inconveniences cannot afford basic shelter and food. While it's a good idea, it's very controversial because a lot of working stiffs, don't like the idea of others getting money or the things that cost money for basically doing nothing.

However a thought occurred to me. What if one can get what they need to survive, without having to pay money for it, but it wouldn't downplay the hard work both parties would do to get it. Then it hit me, the old barter system. For those that don't know, the Barter System was an old economic system, that predates money. The idea was that people would trade with each other, goods and services of equal value. In the case of food, let's say someone was able to grow enough grain, but they themselves needed potatoes. Then someone else happens to have grown a lot of potatoes, but needs grain. They would trade each other some of their supply depending on how much each needed. The only flaw in the system is that if one got greedy enough, all they'd have to do is break into the other person's place to steal it all. This system has worked for years until someone, I don't know who, decided that rather than exchange items fairly, we all get limited by the amount of gold and silver and other valuable minerals we had. But then realized later, that to do so, you'd need to carry a lot of heavy amounts of those materials just to pay for basic stuff, so instead printed said mineral values onto pieces of paper and later plastic cards, that define how much we can get for that amount. Basically eliminated a fair system where people could mutually help each other out, in exchange for an endless rat race of who can get the most paper and plastic. (Money bills and Cards in case no one got what I was saying.)

Recently I read that some people during the pandemic have actually suggested that the Barter System should be brought back and thanks to the newest technology we should be able to handle it much better than when we started with it. What do you all think?