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don findlay's avatar

top 10 words you need to forget

the word......... the reason to forget it

money............. tool of enslavement & control, no longer used

debt ............... tool of enslavement & control, no longer needed

interest........... tool of enslavement & control, no longer demanded

taxation.......... tool of enslavement & control, no longer demanded

profit.............. no longer needed when you can freely access everything made

ownership...... no longer needed when you can freely access everything made

government... agent of enslavement & control, no longer needed

corporation.... agent of enslavement & control, no longer needed

war................. tool of destruction & control, no longer needed

censorship..... tool of repression & control, no longer needed

open the window to your mind and let in some fresh air!

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rrodynmac's avatar

I’d love it to be like this, to forget all those words, but I’m losing hope, I’m about ready to give up fighting.

I’m going to spend more time reading The Bible than on internet.

There are quite a few people I’ve come across with good ideas, but the ideas are all different. I feel I’m wasting my energy, we’re never going to come to a consensus. I think I’m just burnt out.

I get six million emails, newsletters, personal things a day, I can’t keep up. I appreciate what you’re doing Don, I really do, but I don’t think I’ve even read your last newsletter yet!

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don findlay's avatar

I understand. I'm feeling the same way. Take the time you need to recharge your batteries of hope, wonder and awe.

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rrodynmac's avatar

I don’t have any friends or family where I live. Small country town. We basically keep to ourselves, and sadly find other people to be a burden. I’m ok online though.

Sorry to be negative, but that’s how it is.

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don findlay's avatar

You have people who currently keep the town running, the shop keepers, the gas stations and mechanics, the machine shops, the bakers and hairdressers, and a host of other producers. You must have neighbours you could help. Once people started to offer to help each other then keeping to yourself wouldn't make sense. There are friends just waiting to be discovered. By cooperating new friendships will emerge.

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rrodynmac's avatar

Where I live there is one shop and a pub. Have to travel for other services. We are very spread out where we live-have to drive to a neighbours house. Just saying how it is here. I don’t go to the pub.

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rrodynmac's avatar

And I have trouble looking after my family and myself, due to my failed back surgery, there’s not much room for me to help others. Not that I don’t want to-it’s just I can barely stand in one spot for >2 minutes!

My whole family and dog could die, and no one would notice for 6 months. If then, even.

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don findlay's avatar

You love, you care, I'd give you thanks.

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denise ward's avatar

Yes thanks could be a currency, much the same as appreciation credits. Hugs could be a currency, cannabis, kisses. Whatever it is it needs to be recorded, that is the crux of it. Without recording transactions (such as voluntary work that never gets recorded) the process cannot develop, it only goes as far as the individual can go. Whereas when it is recorded, it can go on into perpetuity. Many people have a problem with recording transactions. They get mixed up I think and associate greed to this money system which is deliberately set up to incite greed by never issuing enough money, (ie: by issuing debt along with credit)

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don findlay's avatar

There is no spending in this system so no currency is necessary. Thanks just broadens the range of goods and services that you can access for free.

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Amaterasu Solar's avatar

I might hope that would work, but... What happens when the Ones doing the work for Others can't get what They need? And as long as money is involved in any way, where Some profit monetarily, I am not sure I can see how that would work.

And before We can co-create better, enough of Us need to leave the cave:

Escape the Cave! (article): https://amaterasusolar.substack.com/p/escape-the-cave

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don findlay's avatar

What does this mean "What happens when the Ones doing the work for Others can't get what They need?"... do you mean the free individuals and the ones working together cooperatively? If you do, they will come together with purpose to achieve what they need.

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Amaterasu Solar's avatar

Okay… What if what is needed costs money and They don’t have enough?

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don findlay's avatar

There is no perfect, all-at-once solution. Building alternative supply chains will take time. Each new person that commits to the concept and adds their energy to the collective effort increases the range of possibilities for the entire group. Initially it may just be a part-time way to save on labour costs and lower overall living expenses. As more people with expertise sign on and trade channels grow, less and less will be needed from the old eCONomy. Invitations to existing producers to try out the idea by making 5-10% of their current production available to cooperative partners might bear fruit. Increasing the percentage they offer over time would provide a gentle ramp to switch systems gradually.

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Amaterasu Solar's avatar

I prefer the term, “aggregate” - a collective has a collector… But I grasp. I would rather see the need for energy accounting removed, and work We need done but no One wants to do be automated.

When money is gone, 80% of Us can refocus on creating Betterment rather than moving Our wealth up to moneyed psychopaths. And it will be planetary, taking about 10 years from when free energy tech is out in the open to the point that collecting the penny for (whatever) is more energy than it’s worth.

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don findlay's avatar

Refocusing on creating Betterment without money, currency or psychopaths is what this idea is all about. It will certainly encourage the development of the free energy you write about.

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Amaterasu Solar's avatar

Somehow I doubt that money will go away without free energy… And lots of People are working on the technologies now. I await success.

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