A Thought

The problem is not that the money lies unevenly between the demographics.

The problem is the ubiquity of money and its prevalence in our transactions around the community, forming the medium by which we obtain goods, and render services.

But the use of currency as a pretext for transactions encourages us to believe that there must always be a cost for such goods and services, and that cost can be calculated in the global currency exchange, making thus currency the most powerful commodity on the globe.

As we know, the system can be easily manipulated, forming a stark misbalance of wealth, and because of this attitude of cost, it is difficult to provide ongoing services to support those suffering from the consequences of the wealth inequality.

What if we dispense with the pretext of cost? Remove it altogether from the table for a little while. No currency for one year, say, throughout the community.

You’d expect to see all businesses close down. People wouldn’t drive their cars because they wouldn’t be able to buy petrol. Mums wouldn’t be able to buy formula for their babies.

But what you would also expect to see is people hauling together, helping each-other learn how to survive, how to live.

We would have to grow all our own food, we would interact more with our neighbours, or strangers in the street.

People would do things for one another that would help a true community flourish, rather than helping the system of currencies flourish, that makes the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

I mean, I’m sure there’d be violence and pillaging here or there, but hey! Isn’t there already?

Anyway! It’s just a thought.

Thought I’d better... write it down.