Some may question that if the basic necessities
are accessible to all people, what will motivate
them? This is tantamount to saying that
children reared in affluent environments, in
which their parents provide all the necessary
food, clothing, shelter, nutrition, and extensive
education, will demonstrate a lack of incentive
or initiative. There is no evidence to support
this fallacious assumption. There is
overwhelming evidence to support the facts
that malnutrition, lack of employment, low
wages, poor health, lack of direction, lack of
education, homelessness, little or no
reinforcement for one's efforts, poor role
models, poverty, and a bleak prospect for the
future do create monumental individual and
social problems, and significantly reduce an
individual’s drive to achieve. The aim of a
resource based economy is to encourage and
develop a new incentive system, one no longer
directed toward the shallow and self-centered
goals of wealth, property, and power. These
new incentives would encourage people to
pursue different goals, such as self-fulfillment
and creativity, the elimination of scarcity, the
protection of the environment, and the
alleviation of suffering in their fellow human
beings. |
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