re: What is at the apex of our problems?

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Is there anything specific about money that might shed light onto how it's at the apex of our troubles?

For most, money is just a means for trade.

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I can't/won't speak for the person who originally said that, but I think it's a part. And I definitely agree with your 2nd comment.

For most REASONABLE, responsible people, money is what you said. It's something we get in exchange for work that allows us to acquire things. But the past couple decades you've seen a MASSIVE takeoff of 'keeping up with the joneses'-itis. Someone with a good job in a house they like and reliable transportation has a good thing going..then they see their buddy on facebook just bought an 80" TV. So now they need one. Then their neighbor buys a lexus..so they need ot buy a mercedes. And on and on. People these days (gotten especially worse with social media) are SOOOO damn concerned with apperances and what people think of their status, that they go into debt and buy shite they don't need.


I'm rambling now. I don't think the above is the "apex" of our problems as a society. But it does seem like a pretty big issue.

In this country money is at the apex of errthing including family and religion. It is the ultimate american god.

But you already knew that Sleepy

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In this country money is at the apex of errthing including family and religion. It is the ultimate american god.

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I'd like to take 'money' a step further, see post at bottom of page 1.

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The media. FOX NEWS, CNN, MSNBC, BET, MTV etc...

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What controls media?

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Ok, so money is created primary through loans in our central banking systems. We know. Do you have a prescription to change the system? I'm asking out of genuine curiosity to your perspective.

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I do, or I should say some really smart people do. I'll regurgitate when I have more time.

It has to do with decentralizing the banking system, see Bank of North Dakota for a reasonable example. (Also we have the power to create currency in the treasury, interest free, but we do not. We once had a great currency system until the Britain, the western financial capital, put an end to it).

I'm about to hit the road for a road trip, wanted a brief moment of titillation by starting a thread, or I'd answer with more depth.

Cheers fellas.

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What is at the apex of our problems?

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Government making decisions it neither needs to make nor was originally empowered to make.

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Government making decisions it neither needs to make nor was originally empowered to make.

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What buys the decisions the government makes?

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There really is an infinite number of ways to change the system. If you want to just start with a tweak raise the reserve requirement to 90% or so. Then you are actually lending your own money. I wonder how many of wall street shinanigans would go away if they actually had to use their own money

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Very astute.

Banking would become more of a public utility, as it should be.

They'd have the money to lend and help small business prosper, for example.

But wouldn't have the money for the exotic type of things they do with it now.

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Or you could take it a step higher. Why do we worship money above all else. Greed? It has to be more than that

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Greed is a part of the psyche, it's metaphysical.

There's an argument there between human nature and cultural influence, which of the two has more influence on our appetite for greed.

But what I'm concerned with as the apex is physical, it's a tangible thing, a practice that has an overwhelming impact on everything in our lives.