Exploitation of \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 resources, planet, plants, animals, other humans, energy, etc.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Something cannot come out of nothing.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Maybe with computers and IT, new wealth is created from information, or the enslavement of computers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wealth is food<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In Ancient Greek times, wealth was:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Food<\/li>
- Gold<\/li>
- Bronze<\/li>
- Iron<\/li>
- Silver<\/li>
- Human slaves<\/li>
- Animals<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
How did they procure it? Through war, conquest, trade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Note in Ancient Greek times, “money” didn’t yet exist. Rather, it seemed that currency were either talents of gold (one talent of gold = 70 pounds), or heads of ox (for example, to sacrifice to the gods they would do a ‘hecatomb’, which was 100 oxen — an insane sum of wealth).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The origin of capital (cows).<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Even notions of “capital” come from “caput” (head of cattle).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What’s the ultimate wealth? Food. Then labor of animals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Money as quantified trust<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThis is where bitcoin<\/a> is so interesting. It comes down to faith. Like having a digital “ledger” (written law, or contract between two humans).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example let us say I promise you to do x, y, z. I then might pay you money in order to fulfill this desire. And it is money which is quantified human labor, or a form of trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nHow do banks work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Banks work in the hope that a human will promise to pay back a certain sum of money in a certain period of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What happens when we are no longer reliable to pay things back?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThis is where things go bad. When we can no longer pay back our debts (debt is slavery<\/a>). In the past if you could not pay back your debts, you were sold into slavery or your children were sold into slavery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thus you cannot call any man with debt (any debt, even the “good ones”) as being a free man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once again, a free man has NO DEBT. No home mortgage. No car payment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liberty is the goal.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Been reading some texts from the Online Library of Liberty<\/a>, and this is my thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The supreme human good is freedom.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Freedom of thought, freedom of activity, freedom of action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Master vs Slave<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Digital Sharecropping<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n