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From ownership economy towards economy of usage

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I got interested what does functional economy entail and how it differs from its current form. It was the following – instead of buying and owning everything we need for our daily lives such as cars, electronics etc. we lend them out for a certain period from public depots and return them same place when we don’t need them anymore. This in turn makes production, distribution and recycling much more optimized processes. Contrary to the now where we are piling up goods at our homes until it’s all full and then we get rid of them gradually in this new form of economy we don’t keep stock of anything unnecessary with us since we can always get it nearby anytime needed. Simultaneously since every product has been developed for reuse rather than one time personal use planned obsolescence doesn’t make sense anymore. Every item is designed so that it can last its maximum lifespan and cycles of use since we don’t buy it. More importantly – these goods were no longer produced by the mighty mastodon corporations of the past but by their transformed entities which were flat local cooperatives and autonomous single units. The most fascinating fact was that indeed there was no pricing. You simply go, get, use and return to the same place anytime you wish. I wondered how are resources managed when there are no prices. It turned out that the aforementioned single contract for global unconditional cooperation and mutual aid guaranteed common ownership of all resources on planet Earth and free and equal access to them.

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You should visit Russia, as they claimed themselves as prophets of material economy.

For example, they think, SaaS is not what people imagine, but in reality, non-material economy don't exists, it's just imagination, only really exists material economy behind it.

So, returning to SaaS, exists servers in datacenters, exists support people, etc.

Sounds like owning nothing and being happy.

Once you remove ownership people have lose interest in looking after the object. It rapidly degrades and then the cost to clean it up becomes too expensive for the rent seeker.

There are a lot of things that really should be designed for non ownership. Things you use rarely like boats rvs and special equipment would be best shared. For some reason the boat share model doesn’t work as well and that might be a consequence of unhiding the true ownership

It's not a SaaS rather no ownership at all i.e no prices.

I don't disagree with the concept. Yet I the reality is many people do not take good care of things. So you most likely will end up using something that is broken or has issues that directly impact the quality of time you spend using it. Other factors to consider is they may not have stock for busy weekends, you are only allowed to travel so far with it, you must pick it up and drop it off at a set time etc.

There are companies where I live that rent out boats, rv's, and atv's and have all of the issues above. I used them twice and realized the quality and experience was such that I was not really enjoying it. So I saved up and bought my own RV which is great. Always in tip top shape, ready to go whenever I am, can go where ever I want with it. It costs a lot more but my time and enjoyment make it worth it for me.

You will own nothing and be happy implies that the elite will own everything. In my version of this no one owns anything, them included. Losing interest in objects is a good thing - it means the end of consumerism. There is no cost of anything when there is no ownership.

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