One of the biggest things I’ve realized is the legacy money system and economy is based purely on artificial scarcity.
Exactly!
They make things feel scarce so they can scare people into believing them and allowing them to do their shenanigans.
There isn't enough money! while they keep printing more and more through debt mechanisms, devaluing the little bit people have tried to scrounge together under the belief it is a scarce resource.
Will we ever have an abundance society, when we are so programmed to think that everything is going to dry up?
I have been thinking a lot about this lately. For instance, if we had a cheap, clean energy source, should we pay for it at all? If it was free, we could use it to do all kinds of innovative things - but they will likely charge the earth for it, slowing development down, as they are now.
After all, what the fuck is the point if we don’t spend it?
Yep. It depends when and on what. I am only going to trade it for assets, like land.
We do have cheap and ultra clean energy - natural gas. These mother fuckers pump it BACK into the ground when they are in the oil fields in the world! I watched a video, I sadly don’t remember where, I’ve been looking for 2-3 years, where this guy was an oil field foreman for 20+ years in Alaska and he talked about some of the bullshit that goes on. Pumping natural gas back into the ground is one that seriously stuck out for me. So stupid. They need to keep the price up by any artificial means possible.
Yeah trading it for land is what I was referring to. I am tempted to do that if it comes to it!