Is taking money (by force) better than giving money? (Honest question.)

This seems like a really cool and interesting theory. Thank you for sharing. I hope to look more into it.

Very interesting!

I've been thinking of money as currency, which supports people's ability to cooperate via trade. How might things work w/o money?

Maybe we are ultimately saying the same thing from a different direction. What do you think?

To elaborate on my worry, my understanding is that the spirit of a "free" market is that it is free from barriers to value discrepancy you described. In practice, there *are* barriers due to greed, limited perspectives, racism, etc. But these barriers are not the ideal of *free-trade capitalism*.

Thanks! That makes sense. Perhaps my worry is about those systemic barriers. Is the trade truly "free" if those barriers are in place? Do *non-market* regulators remove more barriers than they create?

I might be one of those who don't (yet) understand, but maybe you can help me. To me, it seems that slaves are more likely to be exploited than people who are free to trade and sell *w/o a master*. What am I missing? (Honest question.)

Thanks.

Can a capitalist be a worker who doesn't exploit other workers?