2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Redistributing Wealth [View all]felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)you can write your own laws, buy the enforcement to these laws, buy social media representation and manufacture consent, pay to overthrow democratically elected leaders and not have to look behind you at all the death and destruction in your wake.
At first the world they have created is virtual and depends upon compliance and agreement that this money is worth more than lives--but it becomes real as soon as people obey this standard and ACT from this premise.
This power model depends upon people to participate and believe in it's value--and CLIMATE CHANGE is the one thing capable of changing this belief system. This is the crux of the progressive movement, we do not want to invest in any further destruction--or allow these people to DEFINE WEALTH. True wealth is the health and wellbeing of all life.
Only after the last tree has been cut down, Only after the last river has been poisoned, Only after the last fish has been caught, Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten. --Cree Native Prophesy
Thank You again Ocafish