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Originally Posted by NichePay - StuartD
Actually, it is quite possible to live without money and is done on a regular basis by a lot of people in this world.
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Certainly, we still possess the skills to survive on this planet, even "prosperously", without particpating in a money-based society.
I'm sure if civilization were to collapse, we would rely heavily on those skills.
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Originally Posted by NichePay - StuartD
People tend to forget that there are people living beyond the boundaries of the city in which they live.
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I am not such a person, nor could I imagine ever becoming so distracted by and so focused on the arbitrary "formalities" of civilization's current form to forget the essential definition of living.
But to say that it is possible in 2005 to live in
complete independence of money is simply naive. There is NO place on Earth that is untouched by or beyond the influence of money -- even the blissful residents of a remote jungle could wake up one day to find loggers destroying their homes.
Perhaps such an existence is comparable to the anxieties and uncertainties we face in our overly-complicated 1st World lives -- "Am I going to lose my job?" -- "Am I going to get sued?" -- "Will the IRS audit me this year?" -- etc.
But the difference is we have an answer to THOSE anxieties -- with MONEY.
To refuse participation in a money system is one thing, to be unaffacted by money is quite another.
I think the tribesmen living in the jungle -- wholly ignorant of money -- probably sleep better than we do, though.
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