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If you remove money and religion from the world, would all its problems disappear?

The Riddler

I have often thought that when you drill down into any issue anywhere in the world there is money and or religion at it’s core. Everything from homelessness, to war to the issues with the environment. So if we removed them and worked as a collaborative state, would all the problems disappear or would a whole set of new ones arise?

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  • I definitely think it would be better if we had no religion. Far better would be if everyone could have philosophical debate and exchange of ideas, being open minded. It's the indoctrination and being rigid that makes religion cause wars and other problems.

    I don't think money is a bad thing in itself. What's bad is how we let most things be turned into a moneymaking scheme. To give an example the rave scene when it started was mostly a peaceful, feel good thing. If you were into it, you enjoyed it. Then it all became tired to buying tickets, you had security, so it became more exclusive, people were excluded, security could be heavyhanded, it took a lot of the joy out of it.

    Or public transport. It should just be there to provide a service to help us run the economy. But governments have let it be run for profit, when I don't see any reason why really. The providers are not clever, they're not innovative, they're not taking risks. They're just running a service and overcharging people for it.

    My view is I don't mind people making money if they're doing something most people can't. So if you're a builder, fair enough, most people can't build a house, you should be able to make more money than most people. But a train company, I don't see why they should. It's building the train and the infrastructure that's the clever bit. Running it is is a lot more straightforward.

    All problems wouldn't disappear but life would be better.

  • in reply to Roswell

    I see your Rave scene and public transport, and I raise you, the entire pharmaceutical industry! The CEO of Johnson & Johnson is on an estimated $25M a year...What the hell. It’s should be not for profit.

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