Originally posted by wigit
thelibra, methinks you plan to be a rich capitalist in the new world. I'll warn my future kin to look out for you and see if I can find some books
that beat yours, lol.
Not so much a Capitalist as observance of Maslowe's Hierarchy of Needs, my friend. Food, Water, Shelter, the ability to void one's bowels, and sex
are all the prime attributes of basest human existence. Beyond that is security and after that is the persuit of higher ideals.
The first five can more or less be assured through the combined efforts and skills of all involved, and if they can't, mother nature will cruelly
cull us down until there are enough resources to sustain us, and the Boy Scout Handbook, while not the end-all be-all, is a good layman's guide and
well illustrated for the illiterate (which one must now apparently assume is about 30% of America, according to the most recent studies)
But homo sapiens is not a creature fond of mere sustenance, and will gravitate towards more. The only way this can happen is to protect the resources
you have (militarily, culturally, and economically), invest them in gain (be it with currency, seed, etc), and administer them wisely so as to waste
as little as possible (rationing, recycling, trading). The remaining books I list are the core fundamentals of these methods.
I would probably institute some form of currency once there was a solid resettlement, because a standard measurable unit of value is essential to an
efficient economy. Otherwise, with a pure barter system, you end up with a lot of people getting the short end of the stick.
