Alternative currency systems in the U.S. get you a visit from the SS and the FBI.
On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 10:23 AM, ornamentalmind <[email protected]>wrote: > “You have much more than your bank account says. You have your mind > and your hands.” > > You won’t likely see it headlining The Drudge Report, making its > rounds in talk radio, or featured for discussion on cable news panels, > but the October 1st New York Times story covering the emergence of a > barter, trade, and alternative currency economy in Greece is one of > the most important stories of our day. > > The Silver Circle Movie is a story about a band of rebels who vow to > take back their freedom amid the economic and political ruins of a > catastrophic monetary collapse, but our fictional movie’s predictions > for America’s not-so-distant future are the real world economic > realities in Greece right now, and the New York Times piece tells the > story of real-life rebels taking their future, their prosperity, and > their economic freedom back into their own hands, bucking the > Eurozone’s fiat monetary system in favor of providing real value in > exchange for real value: > > “The first time he bought eggs, milk and jam at an outdoor market > using not euros but an informal barter currency, Theodoros Mavridis, > an unemployed electrician, was thrilled. > > ‘I felt liberated, I felt free for the first time,” Mr. Mavridis said > in a recent interview at a cafe in this port city in central Greece. > “I instinctively reached into my pocket, but there was no need to.’ > > Mr. Mavridis is a co-founder of a growing network here in Volos that > uses a so-called Local Alternative Unit, or TEM in Greek, to exchange > goods and services — language classes, baby-sitting, computer support, > home-cooked meals — and to receive discounts at some local > businesses.”... > > for the rest of the article...(only a few paragraphs more), go to: > > http://silverunderground.com/2011/10/truly-revolutionary-greek-city-starts-rebel-barter-economy-and-alternative-currency/ > > for the original New York Times article of 10/1/11, to go: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/world/europe/in-greece-barter-networks-surge.html?pagewanted=all >
