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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek 30 Sep 2022 \ on: Honest question - how would we handle Hurricane XXX recovery under BTC standard? bitcoin
I also thought about people working together during crisis without money as an incentive.
Can't people help each other without taking money for it?
Would soldiers not defend their country if it's attacked if they are not paid?
I feel like I still have no idea how the world works, lol
Probably never will
No one works for free over long term. We're also not talking about 1 day volunteer efforts and some of the materials need to be paid for.
No company/industry is giving away millions of materials they have to pay people to produce.
It's kind of a pipe dream to have a capitalist society that does stuff for free, even for humanistic needs.
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Yes, probably a problem which emerges when scaling up.
For example, I think in small communities, this approach does indeed work.
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