Have you noticed that we are in the midst of the greatest “money-grab” of all time?
We have placed money ahead of life. Everything is monetised, even our lives.
Governments are seeking more money from their lenders and their people and are raising their fees whilst at the same time demanding suppliers reduce their fees.
Large, Titanic-like companies, are expecting their salaries, bonuses and other perks to remain, whilst screwing down their suppliers and service providers.
They will not survive, and nor will their suppliers if they succumb to these death throes.
What amazes me is that everyone seems to have forgotten that money, in and of itself, has no value, and worse still, represents debt, because in the central banking system all money is loaned into existence.
Money’s sole purpose is to provide a fair means of exchange for goods and services, for human effort.
Money was designed to overcome the limitations of barter, because I can’t really use your three cows in exchange for the house I built for you. Instead I can use the money to purchase what I need or want.
Then the dumb and corrupt bankers decided to make money from money and we all got sucked in.
They managed to convince government to give them a licence to do what is otherwise criminal – print money that has no underlying worth, but is instead a debt that must be repaid by someone later – our descendants.
The debt could be written off but what a calamity that would cause – we’d have to devalue everything, and we are too scared to do that.
The finance industry would massively downsize and they’d actually have to resort to providing authentic goods, services and human effort.
They’d have to stop usury and only charge sufficient interest to cover the human effort in providing loans.
They’d have to stop creating sophisticated financial instruments that add zero value to our world other than a pile of debt notes (money) that people think has value, but is nothing but a repayable debt.
The root causes of our rapidly decaying global financial system are simply:
- Fear – in the form of greed – the fear of not having enough.
- Habits – we are attached to our material objects and unable to let them go and simplify; and we have beliefs (habits of meaning) about what wealth is.
- Ignorance – we don’t know the truth about money; we don’t know how to correct the problem without sacrificing our mistaken wealth; we don’t know how to live more authentically and enjoy life.
The remedies are clear:
- Courage – to face our fears and act to replace the monetary system with something that has honour and real value – and we are smart enough to design that.
- Better practice – learn to live more simply and authentically, in accordance with values that have real meaning.
- Continuous learning – learn the truth about money and who are the current primary fearful beneficiaries; learn how to innovate our way through the disruptive changes; learn how to thrive in a world where human effort and life is of the highest value, instead of the paper debt we currently worship.
What do you think?
