I recently realized that I haven’t posted anything for a while. I do know that I do not have that many people who read this. Still, I feel like I should write something on a regular basis.
Now, I recently had a conversation in regards to money and our world’s use of it. How do we bridge the gap between the rich or poor? Free trade? Get rid of money? Now, the idea of free trade for everyone, in theory, would be great. Still, the idea of no money for anyone does not work. Any time you have value of any sort placed on objects, you will those that have and those that have not. People will identify resources that are crucial to survival and hoard them. This gives us the people who have. Those that do not have these resources, or those that have not, need to trade to gain these resources. The trade goods may be things that they do not have an abundance of, but need to trade to get a certain resource. This takes from their lot and increases that of those that have. It’s a never ending cycle. Even if resources are spread across the board equally, you’ll have those that will go after resources that others own, most likely by violent means. You just cannot avoid it.
In a perfect world, everyone would have every thing that they would ever need right there in front of them, and no one would need more. Unfortunately, this will never happen. It’s sad but true. Those that are rich want to be richer and they take from the poor.
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