In a message dated 00-05-15 01:22:21 EDT, nessie writes:
<< Well, we could stop counting how rich we are in material terms, especially
in terms of how much currency we possess. Valuing things more than we
value each other is what's wrong with this society.>>
The best things in life are free, but often hard to obtain.
<< I'm not saying things are good to have. Things are good to have, some even
more than others. But it isn't money that brings us these things, it is
each other's labor. Somebody made that chair you're sitting in. Somebody
made that computer your reading this on. Somebody transported them to
wherever you bought them. How much of what you paid went to them and how
much went somewhere else?>>
Unfortunately, money is a necessary evil used to pay rent, buy food, pay back
the $30,000 it took to get a worthless degree. I'll bet that very little of
the money I spend for things goes to those that made them, most goes to
managers, CEOs, stockholders, financiers and others who don't work for a
living ... thieves.
<<Personally, I avoid money whenever possible. I barter a lot. I also do
favors. I always try to do more favors that I have done for me. If I die
tonight, I'll die owed more favors than I ever had to cash in. To my way
of thinking, that makes me rich. >>
Bartering is not an easy thing to do, you have to have something to barter.
If being owed favors, then I have been rich most of my life, but it doesn't
pay the rent.
Your thoughts are all good and make sense, but I'm not in the right situation
to be able to live like you. If I did find many people with which I could
barter, most of the items I could barter would be bought with ... money.
Regards,
Bob Stokes
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