Forum Post: some one please take a note of this post as well...
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 27, 2011, 8:45 a.m. EST by ruchirrathore
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Hello, I am writing this from India. While I wholeheartedly support this cause and believe in this showdown. I would like to bring to your notice, a sci-fi story about a possible society, without money in any form and its evil effects on human civilization. I read this story on a webpage.. Here is the link for your reference. And Then There Was None - by Eric Frank Russell http://www.abelard.org/e-f-russell.php/
Please read this story and give a thought to this possibility as well. I am pointing it out to you people as you guys are the core people forming the major consumer base across North America and Europe, a base on which major multinational companies thrive and survive. If you believe it's a time for change, I give you a possible alternative ecosystem free from vices of money based economy. Think about it guys, it's possible if enough people support this idea. Just like OWS is a real possibility 'cos enough people support it now. Wish you all the best and waiting for a new sunrise... :)
Ruchir Rathore (ruchirrathore@yahoo.co.in)
That's a great story.
Other related sci-fi:
"The Skills of Xanadu" by Theodore Sturgeon: http://books.google.com/books?id=wpuJQrxHZXAC&pg=PA51
Manna by Marshall Brain: http://www.marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm
Voyage from Yesteryear by James P. Hogan: http://www.jamesphogan.com/books/info.php?titleID=29&cmd=summary
The Midas Plague by Frederik Pohl: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midas_World
The Culture Series by Iain Banks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_series
Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_Piano
If OWS support it, I will too. Here's a way we can get all people to decide what world we want to have:
http://occupywallst.org/forum/i-demand-informed-direct-democracy-online-whos-wit/