Posted: Sep 24, 2013 1:40 pm
Veenet wrote:Well, you're trying to have a conversation with Veenet. Good luck with that.
lol, an odd comment.
I don't think anyone here is going to come up with a viable alternative to the monetary system, I certainly haven't. But that doesn't change the fact that it so so blatantly clear that the monetary system doesn't work and is holding us back immensely. it is inevitable it will have to change if we want to sustain the human race and the planet we live on. I just hope we can think of an alternative before its to late.
Of course, while we are keeping our options open - just in case anyone comes up with some alternative way of rewarding people for their labour, skills and knowledge whilst apportioning scarce resources in a world where lazy,selfish bastards exist - we could always try to make the current system work a bit better. The power that ordinary citizens wield in modern democracies is far from fully-utilised. Ordinary citizens could be better informed, more engaged. Regulatory safeguards against systemic risk of all kinds could be better. Largely unaccountable concentrations of power can be made more accountable.
If you want to make a better world, a kinder society, there is no shortage of work to be done. We don't have to sit on our hands and wait for a roadmap to Utopia.