he did not think this trough... lived in a communist/socialist country i can say that hes ideas are nearly identical to real communism
socialism was back then the transitional phase to eliminate money, if the "experiment" would have succeed true communism would be exactly like hes imagined world
there are a few changes since the last communist/socialist countries have failed, for one he is right technology is the key for eliminating money (at least most of it), thats because human labor will be nearly obsolete (soon) there for the current system will fail in the next few decades
BUT there are a few complications, problems with hes model: he is not counting in that human nature will NOT ever change, people ALWAYS want to party, some like to collect rare stuff, not every one want to contribute to society at all < they just want to live they life and they dont care about contributing
he say there wont be any crime, because people after a generation or 2 will think differently, well "crime" is mainly not economic crime, its mainly human impulses (example sexual/relationship jealousy), getting your hands on illegal materials (example drugs), violence for what ever reason intoxicated or just for fun < those type of crimes wont be eliminated by just eliminating money, even if you legalize all drugs there are plenty of other types of crimes that will be present ... so in other words you NEED police
military : lived in the east block i know for a fact that the last thing communist countries wanted to waste they resources is military ... but how do you defend your self against capitalist countries who want your resources ?! so you have to have a military as well like it or not
now to limitations of freedom, you have to compete with a capitalist part of the planet, because if you do not your technology will fall behind and people start to leave the safe utopia to make more money and get better life (do to better technology) in the competitive world ... remember you do not have to perform, you contribute what ever you feel is ok.. there is no pressure, there is no competition and there is no reward < people dont perform well if not under pressure, i was there ;)
then the differences grow year after year, time will come when people want to work in capitalism (especially the ones who are smart and have a lot of offer), but the people in capitalism would love to live in a world where its all free, now add to this if transportation is free/cheap and fast and you get the Berlin-wall issue, people go work for money but go over to sleep get food and healthcare where its free... so what then will you close the borders ? will you let your most skilled and smart people leave freely ? those are big decisions ! ruin your economy or ruin the freedoms for all your citizens ?!
so this guy is a dreamer and hes idea is not even as good in working out kinks in the system then star trek < and even star treck is not perfect as utopia, just better then the venus project
