Our lives are controlled by money. The more you have, the more opportunities you'll have in life. Is that fair? Nah, nah it's bloody not!
The corrupt bankers are playing with money for a living, a lot of that money is our own. But, money on that level, on the level of hundreds of billions, doesn't really exist. It's all just numbers on a computer. The bankers shuffle these numbers around, they add a bit more, they subtract a bit here and there, and for this mundane act, they get paid MILLIONS!
Money should be abolished, and a sort of bartering system should be reintroduced. Everyone would prosper that way. If you were a gifted craftsman, you could sell your creations for a nice house or car or Xbox. If you were a talented artist, you could sell your artwork for almost anything you wanted. A bartering system puts everybody on an equal footing. Everybody has a certain talent for something, and likewise, everybody has a different appreciation for different things. If somebody likes your writings, they might give you a mansion.......they'd have to really love your writing, though.
Instead of a totalizing object, like money, bartering would be a completely self-organizing system. All the kinks would iron themselves out almost instantly. If you don't have enough "money" for something, you simply can't buy it. But, within a bartering system, nothing is beyond your reach, as long as you're willing to invest the time connecting with that person and finding out exactly what they would accept in return.
Bartering, unlike money, would help all people connect to one another and communicate in a meaningful way.
Money divides us all and makes certain people feel inferior and other people feel superior. Bartering, on the other hand, gives us ALL an opportunity to make our lives better.
Bartering all the way! Obviously the whole "money" system will probably never go away, as long as there are greedy arses on the planet, but please, give bartering a good try. There are many companies that will gladly barter/haggle with you, and I guarantee you, it's a lot more satisfying than just handing over a meaningless piece of paper over to the person at the counter.
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