Money is broken...

[Bigmack]

Wonderful piece that Ms. Bigmack found in the Guardian.... it's directed at the Brit system, but it relates.
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Suspend Your Belief in Cash..

The true value of money – or why you can't fart a crashing plane back into the sky
Banknotes aren't worth the paper they're printed on. The entire economy relies on the suspension of disbelief

Money is broken, and until we admit that, any attempts to fix the economy seem doomed to fail. We're like passengers on a nosediving plane thinking if we all fart hard enough, we can lift it back into the sky. So should we be storming the cockpit or hunting for parachutes instead? I don't know: I ran out of metaphor after the fart gag. You're on your own from hereon in.

The entire economy relies on the suspension of disbelief. So does a fairy story, or an animated cartoon. This means that no matter how soberly the financial experts dress, no matter how dry their language, the economy they worship can only ever be as plausible as an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. It's certainly nowhere near as well thought-out and executed.

(A British banker)... earns more than a million pounds for performing enigmatic actions behind the scenes at a publicly owned bank. And on top of his huge wage, he was in line for a massive bonus. To most people, that's downright cheeky: like a man getting a blowjob from your spouse while asking you to make him a cup of tea.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/12/banknotes-not-worth-their-paper

[undergroundpanther]

1. delusion runs deep

consumer CONfidence. sometimes the shit is so obvious,yet people still believe.I guess after the last stream is undrinkable and the world is barren will people understand you can't eat money.Money never was anything real.