@neonsnake The way I see the divide between the gift and the market economy is
* There's enough wealth to go round, if we share it;
* We need to support those who are unable to earn, anyway;
* Obsessively tracking flows of value is very inefficient -- it takes a lot of otherwise unnecessary work;
* Property and markets disentropise wealth, which you then need a taxation system to redistribute.
In other words, there's a lot of practical disadvantages to markets, for little obvious benefit.
@neonsnake In other words, in a #Communist world, your job as a furniture importer probably just goes away. Is that a bad thing? You are entitled to a share of the collective wealth anyway, you just have to work less hard for it.
If you still want to work, you could make, with care and pride, good quality furniture, designed to last a lifetime. And because it's designed to last a lifetime, it doesn't have to be replaced every five years, so there's still less work to do.
