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Re: drop bombs, not acid....
Oct 25, 2008, 13:15
Hey, from one hothead to another, it's cool.

There used to be something here in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts called 'Valley Bucks'. Yes, a local form of currency. I don't think it caught on, but that was probably due to a relatively strong dollar then.

Bartering is fine, but of course, it has it's limitations. For small exchanges it works, but some things require larger capital expenditures. For example, if we're going to transition to a post-fossil fuel economy, it's going to take lots of dough to build the wind turbines, solar panels, etc. that will be needed. Not to mention the computers and the internet we're using right now... one of the greatest inventions of our species. The internet is very, very important... it brings the world closer together, it's an incalculable treasure of knowledge sharing.

You just can't run the sort of large scale industry needed to accomplish these things through barter.

So, Capitalism isn't going anywhere soon. It has it's uses. It does need to be kept on a short leash, though... as we've seen, when you let it run without sufficient controls, it turns into a monster.

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