The current system is dominated by abuse and neglect. I had over 25 different professions, everything from website designer, photographer, artist, dish washer, lunch lady, car saleswoman, writer, prepress technician, factory worker, caretaker, teacher, videographer, street performer, etc., you get the idea. In all these positions I grew aware of how the power structures humiliated and enslaved regular people. Certain people are easy targets in the current system that rewards sociopaths and punishes empaths. I've studied this system in-depth and could probably write a book about it. This system begins with extraction and control/possession of inert things (wood, rhino tusks, water, energy, etc) that are then made scarce so that the maximum profit can be made from the selling of such goods. This mindset of control then is applied to other areas: (extinction of species, pollution, sex slavery, human smuggling, etc.). Resources are intentionally made scarce and land is priced to astronomical levels. I only became aware of this when i visited an ecovillage that didn't believe in land speculation. Each plot of land was $25 per month, and would stay at that price for a long time. Each person was responisible for building their own house, at their own rate, as they could afford it. No banks were involved. At the end, each family owns their house and can sell it any time for as much as they want. The waiting list to live at DR is getting long. The land, however belongs to the ecovillage. In this way, no one is enslaved, and they remain in positive equity. Life is different when you're not enslaved. I live in a community but it's not an ecovillage. I dream of moving to Dancing Rabbit ecovillage when i am financially stable.
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