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Originally posted by fourthmeal
And that's fine that you don't understand it.
Originally posted by fourthmeal
I don't understand every single detail either.
Originally posted by fourthmeal
But I know what has happened and I know that the people know what has happened.
Originally posted by fourthmeal
And this will spread far and wide and you will see changes far and wide, too. It is only a matter of time, and not much time. Things happen quickly these days, expect this to be much bigger than ATS's misunderstanding of the situation, and expect that it will quickly become common knowledge exactly what has happened and how it effects each human being, shortly.
Originally posted by fourthmeal
reply to post by GoOfYFoOt
Its a good question. I think we'd all have to learn, slowly, that each of us deserves equal respect and consideration to our needs and wants, and that each person can help one another in equality to do what we want to do.
If I travel, I could still do what I do (train people how to diagnose vehicles) pretty much anywhere in the world. so for me it isn't a big deal to be on vacation while still handling people's needs.
If we just let go of hierarchies for the sake of "putting people in their place" and the need for a slave-type work week, I'm sure we'll do fine. Especially if we start working together instead of constantly playing the ego games of who's better, who has the most, etc. We can all be equal. Everyone can enjoy some time at the beach. It isn't hard to see that with a society that understands that no one is above or below another, we can all help each other when that seems like the thing to do.
You see, it changes the paradigm of what we think about work that others do, and what is "above" and what is "beneath" us. Like I said, during these discussions of what the future CVAC system could look like and operate, many calls and messages came in live with people saying they will happily do some of the "dirty" work like clean floors or bathrooms or garbage pickup, because it doesn't bother them one bit to help out in this way if their personal needs are met.
It is truly what service to others is all about. Recognizing that we are all One and that this is the core of who we really are and what we are really doing here. All this other stuff we're moving through and eventually past now, is old Paradigm of forms of service to self. And that's the truth we all most realize and move past if we're going to make it without these unnecessary hierarchy structures.
Some people won't want to work, so they just buy stuff until they run out of their redistributed wealth. Those people will end up without anything -- or even the skills needed to provide services that can help them accumulate wealth -- and they will end up needing some sort of welfare system.
Originally posted by fourthmeal
...Ponder that if things were different and if people began to realize it isn't about money and all the energetic forces that apply with money (gold, silver, paper, whatever), then what is left?...
Hi,
Originally posted by Soylent Green Is People
reply to post by fourthmeal
First of all, "money" in of itself is not wealth. Money is only the way we have of keeping track of wealth. That may sound like meaningless jibber-jabber, but hear me out...
The currency we carry around with us is just a simple way of showing that we do own stuff and have provided those services. When we provide a service -- such as file your bosses papers, fix a car, or design a building -- we get a voucher (money) telling us that we provided that service. That money is simply a SYMBOL that the service was provided. With that voucher, we can later trade it for other services, or maybe for more stuff.
The money itself is not the wealth, but it symbolizes the goods we posses and the services we offer.
Think of money this way:
Say we are in a time before money, and everyone is equally wealthy. Say a pig farmer asks me to paint his barn, and says he will give me one pig in return for painting. I tell him I have no need for a pig right now, but I would rather have a bushel of apples and 5 loaves of bread. The pig farmer agrees that a bushel of apples and 5 loaves of bread is equal to one pig -- and thus would be a fair trade for painting the barn -- BUT he has no apples or bread, only pigs.
However, the farmer down the road DOES have apples and bread, but doesn't have any work for me to do for us to trade. Therefore, the pig farmer's barn goes unpainted, and I don't get the apples and bread I need.
Now -- let's add money to the mix to make it all easier: The pig farmer can pay me in money the equivalent of one pig for painting his barn, then I go down the road and use that money to buy apples and bread from the other farmer. The pig farmer gets his barn painted, I get my apples and bread, and everyone is happy.
Our economy is not based on the paper and metal currency, but rather it is based on barter. That currency is only a convenient way to keep track of bartering and allows for multi-party bartering (i.e., I paint Farmer A's barn, but use that service I provided to trade for Farmer B's apples.)
The money in this case was just a symbol showing others that I provided a service (painted the barn) that was worth a bushel of apples and bread.
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People are going to still need things. People will need to have their barns painted (metaphorically), and people will still want bread or apples. Others will be able to provide those goods and services to the people who need them.
All of this bartering will need to be kept track of, and inevitably some people will end up with more wealth than others.
Originally posted by fourthmeal
...Ponder that if things were different and if people began to realize it isn't about money and all the energetic forces that apply with money (gold, silver, paper, whatever), then what is left?...
That's a nice thought, but human nature has been human nature for 200,000 years (even longer, if you count the species that led to humans). You won't change human nature.
Wealth is distributed unevenly the way it is BECAUSE of human nature. Redistributing the wealth evenly won't change human nature -- all that will happen is that human nature will simply cause the wealth distribution to again become uneven.
edit on 2/8/2013 by Soylent Green Is People because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by loveguyHi,
Isn't what you are saying is that in general, people feel the need to be compensated for lifting a finger for somebody besides themself?
People alive today never had the option to just be willing to help-out; free will vs compensation? Imagine working with people instead of for people.
Free will must be the hoax when having to be compensated in order to help someone out?