> You seem to assume that I would be for 'back to basics', without machines and stuff, like the Amish, but that's not what I'm saying. Without incentive (finan

> You seem to assume that I would be for 'back to basics', without machines and stuff, like the Amish, but that's not what I'm saying. Without incentive (financial or otherwise), that is what happens. Who's gonna run electric plants? We don't _actually_ need electricity if you wanna get technical. Planes? Maintain roads and bridges? Be an ISP? Pretty much all of the things we take for granted today were created because of financial incentive. After all, if we're all trying to not work as much as possible, why would anyone _choose_ to do more than they have to to survive?