Supposedly it is a legal document saying you worked hard enough to earn whatever amount you have in your hand...sadly...there seems to be a whole lot more working these days, and a lot less money for our efforts.
But what is money really, but some little slip of paper? We convince ourselves we need it. Because we also convince ourselves that no one will accept any other form of payment.
But...what if...what if we could go to the grocery store, pick up some eggs, in exchange for maybe bringing in all the carts from the previous customers, or maybe get that slab of beef, for helping the butcher package a few for his display...work, and a helping hand is a form of currency in and of it's self, and our time is more value able than those little slips of paper could ever amount to these days. So why not start helping each other out? Why not give our neighbor a helping hand? Favors owed are a lot more valuable than money. Because in the end, success always comes down to who you are friends with, and who owes you favors. You don't even need money to see this takes place all the time, across the globe.
But it is the quest to hoard these little slips of paper that lead to greed, corruption, murder, and other such unpleasantness. And all that paper really is, is a corrupt government's promise that you are entitled to compensation worth that specific amount, but the value of currency is failing across the globe, and governments print money to compensate for their overspending and lavish lifestyles that follow the corrupt. So the money you collected say...10 years ago, isn't worth half of what it was back then, all that hard work...gone...poof... devalued due to mass printing of currency advancing past the value of a country's assets.
But if the people would just go back to the "I owe you one/pay it forward" concept, and learn to trust and help one another again, we would have our freedom back. And get this...the government can't tax the barter system! So if we all would just resort back to the barter system, we would have no taxes, and the governments would see first hand, what happens when the people stop falling for their little scheme to make us dependent on their little slips of paper.
We would be truly independent from the tyranny of government, because once the people unite together and create their OWN form of currency (ie: the barter system), the government would no longer be able to tax us because we would not be making "money" per say, we would simply be using a kind of "I owe you one" system. and we all know, that a government can not tax a debt or holding of physical labor, only physical cash holdings. and therefor the government would quickly lose any power it had or has to control it's people. THIS in turn would give us our freedoms back.
the only power governments really have is that of it's people's money. Without it, a government is nothing. if we take that away from the government, it will no longer have power. no money = no power, no power = no control. no control over the people = freedom for the people. it's really that simple folks.
BUT, we all know, that the idea that we are all dependent on this concept of money, is far too ingrained into human culture by now, to get anyone to believe there is any other alternative. The only way it would really be possible, is to slowly introduce the idea to one person at a time, until you have built a small community of people willing to convert to the barter system, until the community grows to engulf the nation. (as the saying goes, you may be able to stop the actions of certain people, but there is no stopping an idea. Once that idea...that concept gets out, and people start talking about it....there is no stopping it.
That said, I implore each and every one of you, to get this idea out there, get your friends to listen, and to understand. If you want to do something about a tyrannical government, this is the best NONviolent way to go about it. Sure, there are other alternatives, but honestly, the majority of those alternatives will in some way end up leading to violence.
You can claim that by not paying taxes, you will go to jail for income tax evasion...and that would be true if what you were earning was actual physical MONEY, but...if you convert completely to the barter system, it would show you are not making ANY money to be taxed in the first place. So therefor the claim of income tax evasion is invalid being that there is no real physical income collected.
Think about this for a moment, and really let it sink in. It COULD be possible...provided you get enough people to go along with it, and really understand the concept. AND another bonus from all this...is that the word of a person and their integrity will go back to being worth something again. Because with the barter system, one must follow through with their promises. It would hold people accountable again.
But...again the only issue is getting enough people to go along with the idea. Corporations (those big multi-million/billion dollar ones), will likely be the most difficult to persuade, BUT...if we all stop spending "money" on their products, and start making our OWN products, it would force those corporations to either convert to our system, or they would go out of business, and WE could take over, also forcing the rest of the nation to follow suit with the barter system.
Heck, I could just be full of shit, but....then again...it COULD work. heck, even if the people of the world band together, and start making their own form of currency....and use THAT instead of the "federally legal form of currency" it would still work, all you would have to do is convince the population that the people's money is worth more than the government's money, and at this rate, it wouldn't be hard to do. It's really a simple matter of production of the currency, and basing it on something that actually has value. like the hard work of the people for instance. You could have a copper piece be worth a minute of time, a nickel piece worth maybe 15 minutes, a dime be worth half an hour, a quarter be worth an hour, and a half dollar be worth 2 hours, and so on...or something to that effect. and honestly, how often do you hear the phrase, "time is money"?...well...it's true...our time is very valuable. I'd even go so far as to say it's worth more than gold, or any other material item out there. So again....just a little something to consider and ponder while you eat your popcorn, and watch your reality shows. Just a bit of food for thought.
We would be truly independent from the tyranny of government, because once the people unite together and create their OWN form of currency (ie: the barter system), the government would no longer be able to tax us because we would not be making "money" per say, we would simply be using a kind of "I owe you one" system. and we all know, that a government can not tax a debt or holding of physical labor, only physical cash holdings. and therefor the government would quickly lose any power it had or has to control it's people. THIS in turn would give us our freedoms back.
the only power governments really have is that of it's people's money. Without it, a government is nothing. if we take that away from the government, it will no longer have power. no money = no power, no power = no control. no control over the people = freedom for the people. it's really that simple folks.
BUT, we all know, that the idea that we are all dependent on this concept of money, is far too ingrained into human culture by now, to get anyone to believe there is any other alternative. The only way it would really be possible, is to slowly introduce the idea to one person at a time, until you have built a small community of people willing to convert to the barter system, until the community grows to engulf the nation. (as the saying goes, you may be able to stop the actions of certain people, but there is no stopping an idea. Once that idea...that concept gets out, and people start talking about it....there is no stopping it.
That said, I implore each and every one of you, to get this idea out there, get your friends to listen, and to understand. If you want to do something about a tyrannical government, this is the best NONviolent way to go about it. Sure, there are other alternatives, but honestly, the majority of those alternatives will in some way end up leading to violence.
You can claim that by not paying taxes, you will go to jail for income tax evasion...and that would be true if what you were earning was actual physical MONEY, but...if you convert completely to the barter system, it would show you are not making ANY money to be taxed in the first place. So therefor the claim of income tax evasion is invalid being that there is no real physical income collected.
Think about this for a moment, and really let it sink in. It COULD be possible...provided you get enough people to go along with it, and really understand the concept. AND another bonus from all this...is that the word of a person and their integrity will go back to being worth something again. Because with the barter system, one must follow through with their promises. It would hold people accountable again.
But...again the only issue is getting enough people to go along with the idea. Corporations (those big multi-million/billion dollar ones), will likely be the most difficult to persuade, BUT...if we all stop spending "money" on their products, and start making our OWN products, it would force those corporations to either convert to our system, or they would go out of business, and WE could take over, also forcing the rest of the nation to follow suit with the barter system.
Heck, I could just be full of shit, but....then again...it COULD work. heck, even if the people of the world band together, and start making their own form of currency....and use THAT instead of the "federally legal form of currency" it would still work, all you would have to do is convince the population that the people's money is worth more than the government's money, and at this rate, it wouldn't be hard to do. It's really a simple matter of production of the currency, and basing it on something that actually has value. like the hard work of the people for instance. You could have a copper piece be worth a minute of time, a nickel piece worth maybe 15 minutes, a dime be worth half an hour, a quarter be worth an hour, and a half dollar be worth 2 hours, and so on...or something to that effect. and honestly, how often do you hear the phrase, "time is money"?...well...it's true...our time is very valuable. I'd even go so far as to say it's worth more than gold, or any other material item out there. So again....just a little something to consider and ponder while you eat your popcorn, and watch your reality shows. Just a bit of food for thought.
