I understand how you may be convinced that money is the only viable option, and other systems that you are conditioned to believe that 'barely even work in theory' seem to you like naive romantic notions. A world without money? How is that even possible, right? THAT is how bad the situation is.

Instead of acting like an opinionated smartass, may I suggest that you direct your vigor towards actually investigating a few of those 'outlandish' systems and their underlying principles: ubuntu may be a very good place to start.

It is called Cyprus

And I believe that 'they' are quoting it only in your head: Iceland and Cyprus handled their economic perils in entirely different ways.

Does it also read them?

Flying pigs are also doable.

That does not mean that they are a good idea, or that they are easy to make.

That would depend on how many people from your community volunteer their time to contribute to it.

That is what 'community' means: you do not have to write the code alone.

It is not bartering in the strict meaning I guess, no. Still I did not mean bartering, I meant exactly what I said.

In exchange for nothing! That is what volunteering means!

Picture everybody doing this --or for starters, picture a small town doing this, so you can also get an idea of how it can spread to neighboring towns.

Consider this scenario: a bridge breaks, and needs to be fixed: it needs engineers, masons perhaps, other experts, workers, all that. Those are the the ones that are going to physically fix it. It may also need replacement material, which has a 'cost' (a monetary cost). Last, there is a bunch of politicians and burreaucrats that have to rule on the economics and whatnot and the rest of the 'administrative stuff' regarding the rebuilding of the bridge, which is a crowd that somehow has hypnotized everyone over the years into believing that their work is essential.

In this scenario, the town's experts volunteer time to do their best to fix the bridge. The town's best minds, via an emergent selection from the town itself, are on to it. People who have nothing direct to volunteer, volunteer snacks and entertainment for the people who do the work. Snacks get too many too soon, and the town has an excess that it can perhaps DONATE to a neighboring town (that is going through a similar 'bartering', if you want to call it as such, process) and that neighboring town may have an excess of bridge material (the material that has a 'cost') to DONATE to the town with the faulty bridge.

Where does money fit here? Nowhere. Where do burreaucrats fit here? Nowhere. Bridge gets fixed? Hell yes.

As long as people keep greed in check, this can work surprisingly well.

Depends on how many others volunteer along.

If many, all of the volunteers' hours can easily add up to more than 1000 hours. Hmm might take less than 'a bit', don't you think?

I do: volunteer 7 hours per week of your expert knowledge (or your strength and vigor, if you have no expert knowledge) to your community.

You first.

It breaks the moderating system. Would you like me to Google that for you?

Perhaps also bring you some coffee or tea while you wait?

For your edification: a hypersonic missile DOES NOT NEED to carry ANY payload. The missile itself IS the payload, which is part of the whole 'hypersonic' point (the other part being to be able to hit globally in under 60 minutes).

License to Kill, my Old Chap.

I say.

"License to Kill", Old Chap.

I say.

No, you mixed up things: the one that starts at 11 is called DEAF.