a considered enquiry into
w e a l t h & m o n e y
By Dr. David E. Martin
Economics Advisor - New Earth Institute
We’ve been indoctrinated to eschew this
conversation. And the reason is quite simple. If you want to control a society, the
single best way to do so is to create an
idol so inextricably linked to everything so
as not to invite the meddling examination
of perverted human ‘nature’.
Let’s get a few things straight. The notion
that human beings can benefit from representational artifacts which signify the
conveyance of value - money - has some
practical utility. For the farmer who needs
of a conscious mind at liberty. Make the
idol seemingly innocuous - maybe out of
something entirely impermanent like paper
- so its gravity cannot be considered. Let
it be the seduction whereby parents first instil incentives for good behavior or household chores with their children. Encourage
religions to use it as the agency of laudable values like charity. Separate society
between those “with” and those “without”
to instil the essential dogma of scarcity and
control. And before long, power, greed,
dominion and oppression become entirely
justifiable based on an alleged uniformity
to plant grain months before the wheat
is ground into flour and baked into bread,
a unit of stored value makes sense. The
energy and technology required to till the
soil, plant the seed, tend the field, harvest
the grain, mill the flour and bake the bread
all involve labor and devices that have
variable effective durations. As Earth has
her seasons so to do the endeavors of its
inhabitants. And between these seasons
persistent stewardship is a valuable aspiration. Adding scale of community - in contrast to individual subsistence - means that
production and consumption are pulsatile.