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The following is a
audio reading of one of
Jacque Fresco’s Essays.

(Part 2 of 2)

The Obsolete
Monetary system

All of the world's economic systems -
socialism, communism, fascism, and even the
vaunted free enterprise capitalist system -
perpetuate social stratification, elitism,
nationalism and racism, primarily based on
economic disparity. As long as a social
system uses money or barter, people and
nations will seek to maintain positions of
differential advantage. If they cannot do so by
means of commerce they will resort to
military intervention.

War represents the supreme failure of nations
to resolve their differences. From a strictly
pragmatic standpoint it is the most inefficient
waste of lives and resources ever conceived
by any creature on the planet. This crude and
violent way of attempting to resolve
international differences has taken on even
more ominous overtones with the advent of
elaborate computerized thermonuclear
delivery systems, deadly diseases and gases,
and the threat of sabotage of a nation's
computer networks. Despite the desire of
nations to achieve peace, they usually lack the
knowledge of how to arrive at peaceful
solutions.

War is not the only form of violence in the
developed and underdeveloped countries that
is superimposed upon the populace by
inadequate social arrangements. There is also
hunger, poverty, and scarcity. As long as there
is the use of money, the creation of debt, and
economic insecurity these conditions will
perpetuate crime, lawlessness, and resentment.
Paper proclamations and treaties do not alter
conditions of scarcity and insecurity. And
nationalism only tends to help propagate the
separation of nations and the world's people.

Even the signing of a peace treaty cannot
avoid another war if the underlying causes are
not addressed. The unworkable aspects of
international law tend to freeze things as they
are. All of the nations that have conquered
land all over the world by force and violence
would still retain their positions of territorial
and resource advantage. Whether we realize
it or not, such agreements only serve as
temporary suspensions to conflict.

Attempting to find solutions to the
monumental problems within our present
society will only serve as temporary
patchwork, prolonging an obsolete system.
In this world of constant change it is no longer
a question of whether we choose to make
the necessary changes; it is now mandatory
that we take on this challenge and adopt these
new requirements or face the inevitable decay
of our present social and economic
institution.

This is the dilemma we must face head-on,
and the solutions we arrive at must fit the
circumstances of the "real-world." There
appears to be no other way than to update our
outlook and create a newer direction by
relegating the old values to past civilizations.
Unfortunately, this may not be accomplished
prior to the point of no return in the global
economy.

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