Tag: RESOURCE BASED ECONOMY

  • Starving at the Banquet: Why a Moneyless World Makes More Sense

    Starving at the Banquet: Why a Moneyless World Makes More Sense

    💸 Today’s Monetary Myth

    Today we have the most advanced and complex monetary system in the history of mankind. Global markets run on lightning-fast digital transactions. Central banks manipulate economies with a few keystrokes. And most people—governments included—believe that money is as essential as air.

    Money is debt

    We often think of money as wealth—but in reality, money is debt. Nearly every dollar, euro, or yen in circulation was created as a loan, to be paid back with interest. Institutions like the World Bank and IMF lend vast sums to poorer nations, expecting repayment in a currency they don’t control—plus interest. But here’s the catch: if all debt were repaid, there would be no money left. The system demands endless borrowing just to stay afloat. It’s not just flawed—it’s structurally insane. Absurdity without limits.

    We can’t live without it, they say.

    We need it for everything:

    • To buy food, water, shelter.
    • To travel, learn, communicate.
    • To build roads, fund hospitals, fix schools.

    If our lives aren’t good, we blame a lack of money.
    If governments fall short, we say they’re out of money.

    But is that really true? Will more money actually help?

    Has humanity always been dependent on money?

    Let’s dig deeper.

    🌿 The Origins of Money: Barter or Gifting?

    We’ve all heard the story: that money evolved from barter. That people once swapped chickens for carrots and apples for arrows, until someone invented money to make things easier.

    But that story is a myth.

    Anthropologists have found little evidence that barter was ever the dominant system in early human communities. Instead, many societies operated on gift economies—systems based on mutual aid, trust, and social bonds. People shared what they had, not because they expected direct trade, but because the survival of the group depended on it.

    Barter likely emerged later, in fringe interactions between strangers. But money didn’t evolve because it was natural. It arose because it was useful for control—as agriculture created surplus and hierarchies, rulers needed a way to tax, store, and regulate that surplus. Thus, money became a tool of power, not just convenience.

    🏛 From Gifting to Control

    As human societies grew, so did the complexity of exchange. Early forms of money—cattle, grain, shells—were gradually replaced by precious metals, then paper notes backed by gold, and finally, abstract digital numbers backed by nothing but belief. And that is all it is.

    Belief.

    If people stop believing money or stocks have value, the value will vanish instantly. We see it in the stock market every day. That is why the value of stocks go up and down and currencies fluctuate.

    At first, money facilitated trade. Over time, it became a mechanism for hoarding and controlling resources. The more abstract it became, the more power it gave to those who controlled its flow.

    Money stopped being a tool and became the gatekeeper of life.

    💣 The Paradox of Money: Too Much, and It Breaks

    Here’s the uncomfortable truth:

    If there’s enough money for everyone to get what they need, the system collapses.

    Why? Because the system is built on artificial scarcity. Too much money in the system makes money loose its value. That’s why it must be kept scarce for the common man. If everyone had enough, they’d stop tolerating soul-crushing jobs. Prices would surge, inflation would rise, and the economy would “overheat.” In other words: it only “works” if most people never get enough.

    The system isn’t broken.
    It’s functioning exactly as designed.

    💰 Scarcity in the Age of Abundance

    Today, we live in a world of technological abundance:

    • Automation can replace repetitive labor.
    • Renewable energy can power the planet.
    • Communication tools connect billions.
    • We produce enough food to feed everyone and more.

    And yet…

    • Food is wasted while people starve.
    • Homes sit empty while people sleep outside.
    • Clean tech is stalled to protect profits.
    • People work meaningless jobs just to survive.

    It’s as if we’re starving while guarding a pile of food stamps, arguing over who should get how many—while the banquet behind us is rotting.

    🧾 The Tax Illusion: Fairness in a Rigged Game

    People think we can get a just world by dividing money better, but that is impossible as money only have value if it is scarce. If everybody had enough money it would have no value…

    Some argue, “We don’t need to get rid of money—just tax the rich!”

    But look closer:

    • Jeff Bezos spends ÂŁ34 million on a wedding.
    • Amazon UK pays ÂŁ0 in taxes in 2022.

    That’s not a glitch. That’s the design.

    The rich don’t evade taxes—they avoid them legally, using laws crafted by the very lobbyists they fund. And even if they did pay more, what then?

    We’d still be:

    • Tying basic needs to income.
    • Valuing GDP over human well-being.
    • Accepting poverty as normal.
    • Overshoot our natural resources.

    Taxes just move tokens around in a broken game. The problem isn’t who pays—it’s that we’re still playing the game of scarcity when the Earth already provides an abundance for all.

    🤯 Rethinking the Whole Question

    We ask, “How will we pay for universal healthcare, housing, or education?”

    But maybe we’re asking the wrong question.

    Instead, ask:

    • Do we have the resources?
    • Can they be utilized at noe one else’s expense?
    • Do we have the technology?
    • Do we have the will?

    If the answer is yes, cost becomes irrelevant. We don’t need permission from money—we need to organize wisely, optimize and share.

    🌍 A Moneyless World: Not Utopia—Just Sense

    Let’s be clear: this isn’t about going back to the stone age and barter. It’s about evolution. Move into a just and sane future together.

    A moneyless world isn’t a fantasy. It’s a system where:

    • Resources are accessed by need, not price.
    • Collaboration replaces competition.
    • Well-being for all, not profit, becomes the goal.

    And it’s already emerging:

    • Open-source communities.
    • Gift economies.
    • Peer-to-peer sharing.
    • The dream of Resource-Based Economies.

    The shift starts with one question:

    Why are we still doing this to ourselves?

    Final Thought

    Money is not air.
    It’s not food.
    It’s not shelter.

    It is a manmade invention.

    A symbol. A belief. A story we tell.

    But maybe it’s time to tell a new story—
    one where no one starves at a banquet of abundance.

    If this resonates with you—if you’ve ever questioned the system we live by—then Waking Up – A journey towards a new dawn for humanity might just be the novel you didn’t know you needed. It follows Benjamin Michaels, once a multi-billionaire and master of the old world, who suddenly wakes up in a future where money no longer exists. Ownership is gone. Profit is irrelevant. Scarcity has been replaced by intelligent sharing and stewardship of the Earth.

    At first, he’s more than confused—he’s shaken to the core. Everything that once defined his worth, his power, his identity… has vanished. And yet, the world he finds is peaceful, abundant, and profoundly human.

    Ben’s journey mirrors our own potential transformation: What happens when we let go of the old story—and begin to trust that there really is enough for all?

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  • No Yours, No Mine? It’s Not Yours to Own — It’s Yours to Care For

    No Yours, No Mine? It’s Not Yours to Own — It’s Yours to Care For

    Rethinking Ownership in a World Beyond Possession

    “Wait — no ownership? Not even my own things?”

    This is one of the most common reactions people have when they first hear about a world built on a global resource-based economy. Even those of us who believe in the vision of a moneyless, post-ownership society — like the one described in Waking Up and that The Venus Project proposed many years ago — sometimes struggle to grasp the implications.

    Because let’s be honest: we’ve grown up with ‘mine’ and ‘yours’ as absolute truths.
    We define ourselves by our possessions — our homes, our books, our cars, our clothes, our collections. Letting go of ownership can feel like letting go of a piece of ourselves.

    So what happens, for instance, to something personal — like a vintage car you’ve spent years renovating? What happens to that?

    🚗 The Vintage Car: When Possession Meets Passion

    Imagine this:

    You’ve lovingly restored a classic car over the course of a decade. You’ve poured in time, effort, care — even identity. It feels like a part of your story.

    In a post-ownership world, you may not legally “own” the car anymore. But here’s the crucial part:

    You are still its caretaker. You are still its steward.
    It may not be yours to own — but it’s yours to care for.

    That’s the difference.

    The system recognizes your relationship with that car. You’re the one who knows it, who tends to it, who brought it back to life. That bond doesn’t vanish. In fact, it is honored — not erased.

    Others won’t take it from you. There’s no bureaucracy swooping in to reassign it. But if you want to share it — say, to exhibit it in a museum, or let others experience its beauty — the system supports you.

    And here’s the key:

    You can be generous without sacrifice.
    You don’t need the car’s monetary value to survive.

    In today’s world, you could maybe donate the car — but only if you’re wealthy enough not to need the money. In a resource-based world, that entire equation dissolves. Generosity is no longer a luxury.

    🏝️ Benjamin Michaels and the Three Islands

    In Waking Up, there’s a powerful scene where the character Benjamin Michaels — once an ultra-wealthy man — grapples with the same shift.

    In the old world, he owned three private islands. His wealth granted him control, prestige, privacy. He could visit them at will, fence them off, decorate them however he liked. They were symbols of power — and belonging.

    But in the new world, with no money and no private property, Benjamin doesn’t own anything anymore.

    At first, this feels like a loss.
    But eventually, something incredible dawns on him:

    He now has access to thousands of islands.
    And so does everyone else.

    What was once a symbol of privilege is now a shared treasure. The world is no longer carved up and walled off — it is open, abundant, and free.

    And Benjamin?

    He hasn’t lost anything.

    He’s gained everything.

    He’s no longer limited by what he owns.

    He’s liberated by what he can access.

    🧠 So What’s the Real Difference?

    The difference lies in the logic of the system.

    In today’s world:

    • Ownership is security
    • Sharing is sacrifice
    • Generosity is privilege
    • Possessions is identity

    In the resource-based world:

    • Access is freedom
    • Stewardship is connection
    • Generosity is natural
    • Care is identity

    You don’t lose your favorite things — you simply shift your relationship to them.

    You’re not the owner. You’re the guardian, the steward, the artist, the lover of what you use.
    And that role is respected — not erased.

    🧡 “It’s Yours to Care For”

    This principle extends far beyond the vintage car or the island.

    It applies to:

    • Your home
    • Your instruments
    • Your creative space
    • Your patch of nature
    • The trees you plant
    • The art you make
    • Even the relationships you nurture

    Everything you connect with becomes yours to care for — not yours to possess.

    And paradoxically, this creates more care, not less.

    Because when we stop hoarding, we start sharing.
    And when we stop fencing things off, we start feeling connected to everything.

    🌍 When No One Owns Anything, Everyone Has More

    This is the beautiful paradox of a post-ownership world:

    • The end of possession is not the end of abundance.
    • The death of ownership is the birth of shared richness.

    You don’t lose your freedom.

    You gain the freedom to live without fear, without competition, without the constant pressure to have more just to feel safe.

    You gain the world.

    A New Kind of Ownership?

    You could even say this is a new kind of ownership — one not based on legal contracts or exclusive rights, but on use, relationship, and care.

    In this world, you “own” what you use, as long as you use it.
    Not through possession — but through connection.

    You don’t have to hold onto something forever to value it. You don’t need to fear losing it. Because the system adapts to use, and respects your role as its steward for as long as that bond remains.

    It’s not ownership in the traditional sense.
    It’s something gentler — more alive.

    A living relationship between person and thing, nurtured by presence, not possession.

    📖 Ready to Explore That World?

    This vision is at the heart of Waking Up: A Journey Towards a New Dawn for Humanity — a novel that dares to ask:

    What if a world beyond money, ownership, and inequality is not just possible, but inevitable?

    Follow Benjamin Michaels, Aweena, and others as they navigate the radical beauty of a system based on care, trust, and abundance — not control.

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