'Money'


Enjoy these short stories and thought experiments which have been designed to provoke you into a new way of thinking about the concept called 'money'.


The Alien Replacement

The Vanishing

The Deserted Island

Born On Another World

The Alien Infiltration


The Alien Replacement



Some people believe that we need money to survive, how would we live without money?

 

Imagine if all the humans on earth were to suddenly disappear and be replaced with aliens that looked exactly the same as you and everyone else they replaced, expect there was one difference.


All these aliens that looked like humans had love for each other and were happy to work together.

 

Everything else was the same, they still needed to eat and drink and their bodies worked exactly the same.


Do you think these aliens would need money to survive?

 

Why would they if they cared about their fellows the same way they cared about themselves and their families?


So what is it about your attitude that insists you need money to survive.


See if you can identify what it is without blaming other people.




The Vanishing




Imagine if overnight all the money disappeared in the world.


What would we eat?


What would we build with?


Who would produce the food or build things?


How would we be able to access information and know what to do?


How would we all survive?


Hold on, if all the money vanished, that doesn't mean all the plants, fruits, vegetables and animals would also disappear.


No they would still be here, we could still have food so that’s Ok.


What about building materials, like sand, rocks, concrete, iron, steel and wood?


Nope, they wouldn't have vanished as they are not money, they are actual resources so would still be here.


Alright so that’s a good thing, all the building materials would still be here.


If all the money went away, would that mean all the people that produce food and build things would also be gone?


Well no, because they are not money, they are the people who do the work, money can’t do work, it’s just paper.


So good so far, if all the money went, we would still have food, water, resources to build with and all the people to do the work.


What about knowledge of how we should do things, special technical information, wouldn't all that be gone?


If you think about it, information is stored in computers, the internet, books and inside of peoples heads.


The paper in a book which contains information about building and food production is obviously more valuable than coloured paper with numbers on it.


No information is stored in money, you can’t eat it, you can’t drink it, you can’t build with it and it can’t do any work.


It seems if all the money in the world disappeared overnight, we wouldn't have lost anything of value at all.


Our chances of survivability would actually dramatically increase as we wouldn't be limited to what we could accomplish by bits of numbered paper.


Without the constraints of numbers inside a computer that supposedly represent something of value, yet in reality do not, why would people not be able to flourish and work together much more effectively?


If we weren't restricted from improving the quality of our towns infrastructure by an apparent lack of numbers on paper, we could build what we want and need for our community based upon our actual resources.


If money didn't exist as the primary obstacle for distributing food evenly to everyone, we could ensure no one ever went hungry, as we know there is more than enough food for everyone, just check the landfills and rubbish bins for evidence of all the food we waste.


Imagine if the barrier to building new roads and community facilities didn't exist, as we all know our town doesn't have the high quality roads and facilities it deserves because there isn’t enough digits in a computer. 


The question isn't how would we survive in a world without money.


The question is, how do we survive in a world with money?



The Deserted Island



If you had the choice;


To be stranded on a small deserted island by yourself for 1 month with no food and water or shelter, but millions of dollars


Or


To be stranded on a small deserted island by yourself for 1 month with food, water and shelter, but no money, what would you choose?



How about this choice;


To be stranded on a medium sized island with 100 other people for 1 year, but with no food and water or shelter, but billions of dollars each


Or


To be stranded on a medium sized island with 100 other people for 1 year, with food, water and shelter, but no money, what would you choose?



How about this choice;



To be stranded on a large island with 10,000 other people for the rest of your life, but with no food and water or shelter, but trillions of dollars each


Or


To be stranded on a large island with 10,000 other people for the rest of your life, with food, water and shelter, but no money, what would you choose?



Why is it that every single time you chose the option where you didn’t get any money, no matter how much money was being offered?


No matter how long you stayed, how big or small the island was or how many people there were?


Do you think it was because in these real world situations money had no practical value compared to real tangible resources?


You can easily survive without money, but you can't survive without things you functionally need to live.


Why would this concept of money not realistically having any value or being something useful change in any other setting?


Why would it matter the size of land you live on, the amount of people or how long you planned on living somewhere?


Wouldn't it seem more accurate to say that the available resources effect survivability and not the amount of money you have?


Arguing that humanity is surviving in a world using money is like arguing that a stage 4 terminal cancer patient using chemo therapy is ‘surviving’.


They may be alive for now, but unfortunately for them, it can only end one way.

 



Born On Another World


Imagine you were born on another world called soil.

The society on soil was very different to on earth.

People lived in harmony amongst each other.

It was a peaceful world.

There was no need for countries or borders.

The people thrived and had very advanced technology compared to earth.

All their devices had their own energy source which could last for thousands of years.

They had all the quality food, fresh water and materials they could ever want or need.

The people on soil held love in their hearts and cared for strangers and family alike.

The people respected each other, because it seemed rather odd to not.

They enjoyed their days doing whatever their hearts desired, from working with animals, to creating beautiful architecture, learning new skills, exploring nature, travelling across their world and meeting new people from different areas.

They built, played and learnt as they pleased, with most finding a healthy balance between all three.

No one ever did any work they didn’t want to, as they had designed systems to take care of all the boring and repetitive jobs.

Yet they were never without challenge.

The difference between earth and soil is that the people on soil chose their challenges, like working out at the gym, climbing a mountain, running a marathon, designing a new education program or constructing a beautiful sky scraper.

One day, a family decided to travel from soil and visit earth.

When they arrived, they met another family and began a conversation.

After asking what conditions were like on earth and if it is a nice place to live, the soil family were quite surprised.

The earth family explained that their world was ravaged by disease with millions dying each year.

The soil family were told that billions of people lived in poverty, many not having access to fresh water to drink, let alone food and comfortable housing.

The earth family shared that there was a ruling class and enforcement class that controlled everything, which made policies and punished anyone who disobeyed their commands.

Just as the soil family were thinking about leaving earth, for fear of meeting this nefarious enforcement class called ‘police’, they decided to ask why so many people were living in poverty, were starving and why they hadn't been able to cure diseases.

The earth family told them that so many people were living in poverty, starving and dying because they didn’t have enough of this thing called “money”.

The soil family were confused and asked if they didn't have the resources to provide for the people of earth.

The earth family explained that they did have enough resources, more than enough and that they actually wasted most of their resources.

So the soil family grew more confused and asked why they couldn't cure disease and help everyone live appropriately.

They even asked if it was because of the ruling class and enforcing class, if they were causing the problem.

The earth family admitted that yes, the ruling class and enforcement class were a big problem, but it was really because they didn't have enough money.

There it was again with this word “money”.

The soil family had never heard of the concept before so had no reference point for what money was or what it did.

They asked if money was something like top soil which could grow high quality plants, fruit and vegetables, as their planet soil had an abundance of high quality top soil, thus no need for money.

The earth family laughed.

They explained that money was a numbering system, a system of bits of paper that had numbers on it that represented a certain value.

The more numbers on the paper, the higher the value.

The earth family said that if anyone wanted access to food, water, clothes or housing, they needed to exchange these bits of paper to receive items of value.

The soil family were shocked.

They had never heard of such a way of living, if it could even be called living.

They asked if someone would be denied food or accommodation if they didn't have these bits of paper.

The earth family explained that yes, people would be denied the right to live in society if they didn't have the numbered bits of paper called money.

The earth family then asked if the soil family used money on their world.

The soil family explained that of course they didn’t, they had no need as they had an abundance of resources and didn't have a ruling class or enforcement class.

The earth family was slightly confused that the soil people didn't have a ruling class or enforcement class.

They asked the soil family how they organised and got things done and maintained order.

The soil family said very simply that they had many great leaders and used plenty of team work.

The earth family then asked if these great leaders would punish people for disobedience.

The soil family were shocked. Of course not they said, for then they wouldn't be great leaders.

The earth family further inquired if they had any crime and who prevented crime.

The soil family wasn’t sure how to respond to this so they asked what they meant by crime.

The earth family asked them if anyone stole things, attacked people or murdered.

Again like with the money question, the soil family were almost offended and told them that of course they didn't have this thing called ‘crime’.

They were dumbfounded at why anyone would want to steal anything when they could have whatever they want and need, it just didn't make sense to take it from someone else.

The soil family had martial arts and sports were people fought each other, but it was all good natured, no one was ever attacked for no reason, why on soil would they be?

Sometimes people died of accidents, but they couldn't understand why someone would deliberately murder someone else, that’s not something which happens on soil they explained.

They told the earth family that soil was a peaceful planet, they had no need for people to dress up in uniforms and enforce a ruling classes policy by threatening and harming innocent people.

The soil family thought the concept was crazy and were flabbergasted that any civilised society could behave in such a horrible way to each other.

The earth family were beginning to become as shocked as the soil family, how could they live on a world with no money, yet have no crime and have everything they ever wanted or needed?

Just as the soil family was confused as to why anyone would want to use money, the earth family was equally confused as to how anyone could survive without money.

The soil family asked the earth family if they wanted to stop using money and in doing so, eradicate poverty, disease, starvation and the ruling and enforcement class.

The earth family said that they had to live somehow and they wouldn't know how to survive without money.

Although the earth family did say that if they could be rid of the current ruling and enforcement class, things would be much better.

The soil family tried to explain that if you got rid of the ruling and enforcement class, it would be only temporary, for as long as the belief in money and rulers existed, the cycle would begin anew.

If the belief in money remained, a new ruling and enforcement class would rise from the ashes.

The soil family could see it so clearly as they were outsiders from another world, they tried their hardest to explain that money and this ruling system were intertwined.

They tried to explain that you can’t have a ruling system without money and you can’t have money without a ruling system.

They also explained that it wasn’t the actual money or ruling class which was the problem, but the belief that they needed them, the idea that they were something of value.

If they stopped believing in money, then the ruling class would disappear, if they stopped believing in the ruling class, then money would disappear.

If the ruling class could not ‘pay’ the enforcement class to enforce policies, the people would be free to do as they please in peace.

The earth family could see that the soil family was trying to help, but because they lived on earth, they were having trouble seeing what the soil family were able to see within minutes of hearing about their world.

The soil family told them that if you remove the ruling structure but keep the belief that money is a necessary evil, it’s inevitable that a new rulership class will rise and if you remove money but not the belief that you require a ruling class, the ruling class will just create a new money system.

They were two parts of one inseparable concept, slavery.

It was obvious to them that this system of ‘money’ was at best a way to cause inequality and poverty, at worst the perfect enslavement tool.

The earth family began to tell the soil family that things weren't that bad, their life was Ok, they had wonderful things called TV entertainment, social media and alcohol.

The soil family couldn't believe what they were hearing.

How could such a system come to exist in their universe, they had no idea.

They agreed that they had to go back to planet soil and tell the people and their many great leaders what was happening on earth.

They had to help the people of earth free themselves from the dangerous idea of money, which in turn gives birth to a ruling class, which then breeds slavery.

For as long as some people had more power and ‘money’ then others, there would be hierarchy, where those at the top where the masters and those at the bottom were slaves.

How could it be any other way?

The soil family knew this was no way for anyone to live and they decided they would do whatever it takes to help the people of earth.




The Alien Infiltration



Members of the upper ruling class on earth had gotten wind that visitors from soil had arrived.


The earth parasites and tics began to drool at the prospect of doing just as they had done on earth to soil.


They were greedy and always looking for more worlds to corrupt, dominate and enslave.


The earths parasites hungered for the hunt of new places to conquer and more fear to feed upon.


So they began to plan the take over of planet soil, especially before those soil people could interfere with their plans for increasing fear and punishment productivity on earth.


They would use the same methods they used on earth so many thousands of years ago now on soil.


Problem, reaction, solution.


Their plan was to infiltrate the soil population, get to know the leaders and movers, the influential people and to begin influencing them with new ideas.


They would tempt them with power, power over the other people of soil.


They would tempt these influential people from all over the planet.


They would offer weapons and systems to build hierarchy’s and armies that could take power and control.


They would subtly assassinate rival leaders and make it appear that it was the people on soil who had killed each other, thus creating a problem.


When the influenced soil leaders believed that one of their own had been murdered by another influenced leader somewhere else, they would want to spark a reaction, they would want revenge, or at the very least, justice.


The now fragmented people of soil and opposing faction would of course deny the claims, as they had not murdered anyone.


They would not be believed as the parasites would set the whole thing up to look very convincing.


This is what tics, leeches and parasites specialise in, using their enemy's resources against them and manipulating them to become their servants.


When it seemed that the situation could not be solved amicably, especially when more leaders start to be assassinated by the leeches, the solution would be to engage in violence and hopefully from the parasites point of view, go to war.


The parasites thrived from war and chaos, death and destruction.


They needed it so then they could enslave populations to their will from the shadows.


The tics would fuel the ego of leaders across the world, stroking their desire to rule over others, then teach them about weapons, armies, control, power, revenge, wrath, fear, sin and punishment.


Once they had done this and sparked conflict, they would then teach these great new conquerors about the system of money, the tool that held conquered people in eternal bondage.


The influenced conquerors would explain to the people that they needed to defend themselves from the other dangerous and violent tribes in far away lands who wanted to destroy them.


They hadn’t attacked yet, but they would soon, so they needed to strike first to defend themselves and future generations.


To do this effectively, they would need weapons, which the parasites, who to the general population appear as peaceful and concerned visitors from another world here to help, could provide.


Yet the leeches couldn't provide the weapons, military tactics, equipment and ammunition for free, as it had cost them money to produce these things.


So they would make a deal with the people.


They could lend the people of soil the money they needed to purchase what they need from the ‘benevolent visitors’ and pay it back later.


But to do this properly, in a way that the visitors could be paid back, the people needed to form a government, which would then officially borrow the money, with interest, as the visitors had to make a profit, they have to make money somehow right, and they are the ones doing a good deed and lending the defenceless people lots of money upfront to buy what they need to protect themselves.


So the newly formed government with the influenced leaders and soon to be ‘conquerors’ borrow money, with interest, from the visitors, using the people of soil as surety if they fail to repay their debts.


The people must then begin to use money to trade and earn more, as they have to make money somehow to pay back the debt they owe the visitors for assisting them in a time of great need.


It makes it much easier to use money when war ravages peoples towns, cities and homes and destroys all their old ways of living.


It also helps to make them forget they were ever able to live so successfully without the need for money, governments and armies.


What the uneducated people of soil do not realise is that they will never be able to repay the debt they owe the parasitic visitors from earth.


If the parasites lend a newly formed, leader influenced, leech controlled government 1 billion dollars, plus even only 1% interest, then the total debt for that government and it’s people is 1.1 billion dollars, yet the total available amount is only 1 billion.


So to repay the debt, the government will need to borrow more money at interest, using more people as surety to guarantee the debt is repaid.


As the debt can never be repaid and new loans are constantly given out and the debt increases, the tic visitors decide they won’t be visitors anymore and will set up shop permanently on planet soil, but will disappear into the shadows.


It’s best if the true conquerors of the planet remain hidden from the general public, for it’s better for them to believe that their now influenced and controlled leaders are not the leeches puppets, but the real masters.


The leeches would demand that the soil peoples governments and other ruling structures pay up on their loans.


Because the debts can’t be repaid with money, as there simply isn't enough, the debt must be repaid with the surety.


This means more wars, more death, more poisons, more disease, more suicides, more ‘accidents’.


This is what the parasites were always after, they have no desire or care for money, for it is only a tool for them to get what they really want, which is death, fear and suffering.


They make all their money out of thin air, they have an infinite supply at their disposal and no real use for it, other than to manipulate others into using it and becoming their obedient subjects.


On and on it goes, the more money in the system which has been borrowed, the more power the corrupt ‘governments’ get, the more death they can create.


From the tics, leeches and parasites point of view, money is their number one tool for creating death.


The more money they lend, the more death they receive.


It’s a fantastic system for them to get what they want.


Not so good for the people being enslaved by money, but very very good for the enslavers.


The enslavers don't even have to do the enslaving anymore, they just need to teach the people how to enslave themselves and they will do it, somehow thinking it’s for the greater good.


They become auto domesticating enslaved animals, fighting each other to more faithfully serve the money gods.


It’s just too easy.


Without using money and government, and government essentially being just another false concept like money but called authority, it would be impossible for the parasites to create a death and destruction system on demand.


They cackle, gloat and shriek with delight at how effective their ‘fear on tap’ system has become.


The parasitic system took many thousands of years to implement on earth, but that's because they were amateurs and the people of earth had so much love in their hearts.


It took a long time to break and corrupt the people of earth and invert their nature.


Before the visitors arrived on earth, the humans were so peaceful, caring and loving.


They co-existed peacefully and were thriving, just like the people of soil are today, with no money and no rulership class or any kind of authority.


How disgusting.


It wouldn't take them as long to break the people of soil, they knew this as their tactics and strategies had improved tremendously over the aeons.


They had fine tuned their divide and conquer strategies, refined their problem reaction solution tactics and mastered the art of deception to the point they could convince people that the only way to survive was their way.


Even when it was it ridiculously obvious there was a million other ways than the parasites way, they were so efficient they could effectively make people blind to reality.


They were so professional in their conditioning and indoctrination programs, that the people they influenced to become their faithful servants believed they were free.


This created a perfect system for the parasites to suck the resources, energy and life out of their pets, leaving only scraps behind, while they kicked back in luxury their slaves could only dream of.


They brain washed their subjects and toys to worship their systems of money, government, authority, rulers, politics and war.


This way, when the leeches would feed on the population they ruled from behind the scenes, there would be no resistance, the people would actually voluntarily choose to feed the great beast systems the parasites had engineered.


They were the greatest architects of hidden tyrannical domination there ever was and could be.


So with their plan ready to be implemented, special members of the parasitic ruling class of earth departed and made for planet soil.


Unfortunately for them, their plan did not go according to plan.


All attempts to seduce the many great leaders of soil failed.


Every single one of them rejected the advances and offerings of the parasitic infiltrators.


They told the visitors that to begin thinking in the way they were suggesting was to invite weakness, cowardliness and corruption.


The leaders of soil wanted to remain strong, powerful and independent.


They had no desire to forsake their own true power, power of themselves, in exchange for supposed power over others.


They laughed at the idea of the fancy titles and rituals which were offered to them.


The thought of making others kneel before them made them sick in disgust.


The leaders could see through this farce as clear as glass.


They could tell that the visitors didn’t truly understand the first thing about what it really meant to be powerful.


They appeared to know an extraordinary amount about deception and manipulation, yet nothing about self mastery.


So the parasites attempted to persuade the great leaders by telling them how bored they must be, always living in a peaceful world with no conflict or excitement and appealed to their sense of adventure.


All of the great leaders of soil felt intense pity for the parasitic visitors.


Could the visitors not clearly see they were able to do whatever they wanted now, had all the freedom and time to do as they please?


They had all the technology they could want, could travel and explore, experience whatever they wanted to experience with their friends, family and lovers.


They had it all, yet had no need or desire to violently dominate others.


They all agreed, sure there was a time and place for violence, but it must be consensual and respectful.


The leaders and everyone else on soil had no problem with 2 samurai fighting to the death, as it was something they both enjoyed, even though it resulted in violence and death.


Violence without consent is never appropriate.


If there is to be violence, like in the boxing ring or with any martial arts, deadly or not, there must be honour, respect and consent.


The leaders knew why the visitors were really there, as they knew themselves, which in turn taught them to know others.


They knew that to desire power over others, one must be broken.


To desire to violate the consent of others, one must have had their consent violated.


The desire and lust for power over others comes from ones own insecurity, ones own low self worth and esteem.


It also comes from a perspective of suffering, hurt and pain.


Which is fuelled by anger, rage and the need for revenge.


And hidden behind layers of shame, guilt and remorse.


Instead of kicking the broken and corrupted creatures from their world, the great leaders offered to help them.


They had the best rehabilitation programs and were confident they could help remedy whatever had gone so amiss in the hearts of the parasites.


Once they had healed the poor souls, the concepts of money and authority would only remain in educational books, to remind people of the one and only way to destroy a society.



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