reply to post by Vitchilo
au contraire...a repudiation of the federal reserve would be great for the planet, wouldnt it? since central banks seem to be responsible for this
mess anyway.. i think doing away with banks and money in general and letting the government work for the people and be accountable - e.g. a
distribution of the resources of a country to its people instead of money? with a govt that actually cared about its people, might work?... (perhaps
to some degree based on contribution to society; but ensuring that no one goes hungry or homeless etc). and ensuring that rulers cannot accumulate or
be entitled to a greater share of the resources of a country than any other citizen can. (and this would be the crucial part, which would have to be
monitored carefully, so as to not let power accumulate with the governing body or let them get unaccountable = which seems to be the problem with
communism etc).
i dont think the monetary system is; all its causing is greed, wars, violence, competition, hate, starvation, etc etc etc... and people have the
wrong values - consumerism, being better and richer than the next person, instead of sharing what we have with others and working together.
the sami reindeer herders used to share what surplus they had with others in their community, for free- now the sami are being forced to adopt more
commercial practices via european union legislation.. e.g. they are now forced to truck their reindeer to distant slaughterhouses for killing - which
scares the reindeer and is inefficient; instead of killing them in the traditional manner which was apparantly less wasteful and a lot less traumatic
for the reindeer. just one example of how our economic system can stuff things up.