That… doesn’t strike me as too absurd a suggestion. Obviously it would be more complicated than that — the orderers would have to specify or test their eyesight before requesting a pair — but removing exchange value from the process sounds like an accurate (if very basic) prediction.
That said, the question is fundamentally flawed because it encourages planning speculation on the details of the future (in other words, it’s utopian socialism), which is hardly a worthwhile use of our time. The revolutionary classes are not going to simply give up on this problem when it arises or revert to capitalism to solve it; that would be silly.
That… doesn’t strike me as too absurd a suggestion. Obviously it would be more complicated than that — the orderers would have to specify or test their eyesight before requesting a pair — but removing exchange value from the process sounds like an accurate (if very basic) prediction.
That said, the question is fundamentally flawed because it encourages planning speculation on the details of the future (in other words, it’s utopian socialism), which is hardly a worthwhile use of our time. The revolutionary classes are not going to simply give up on this problem when it arises or revert to capitalism to solve it; that would be silly.