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[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 39 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What if money was just called hours?

Difficult jobs are worth more hours than easy jobs and require more specialized skills. If the specific skill is not part of the repertoire then the job will be exceptionally difficult and/or impossible.

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There were some experiments where currency was actually denominated in hours, usually as part of a co-op system where you were literally trading for hours of labour.

I think the most famous one was in Ithaca, NY.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

But an hour waiting on an email shouldn't be the same as an hour of heavy lifting

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] Odo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In the not-too-distant future

You can't start a sentence with that and not expect me to get distracted thinking of a certain theme song.

[–] ogeist@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

All Star by Smash Mouth?

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

was is somewhere in time and space? Or way down in deep-13?

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Honestly a face of mine. Acting is solid and storyline is like a dystopian Robin Hood almost.

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

This is a good one to show people to get them thinking about class consciousness.

[–] Mika@piefed.ca 6 points 1 week ago

Can't do that because hours are gods.