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Ending Economic Violence: Is It Possible To Survive Using A Barter System?

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Physical violence by individuals is often a response to economic violence by groups, unfair systems of commerce put in place by an elite group of people who often descend from people that have seized control of land by violent force. Those who are locked out of opportunities to have access to whatever currency is used in the system of buying and selling eventually get frustrated and choose to take what they want by force. This comes in the form of robberies and burglaries by individuals, who, if caught, end up in prison or whatever other fate is reserved for thieves in the society. They usually prey on the poor and deprived, like themselves, and their crime and punishment often benefits the wealthy class in some way. In the U.S. The prison industry is a profitable business enterprise. The wealthy elite who created the system of deprivation and inequality in the first place are never punished, but they manage to keep the system firmly in place. Yes, the present economic system is unfair to the poor. But we actually have the power to override the system and create one that is just, the system used before any monetary currency was created. Can we go back to simple barter and trade? Can we make it work among enough people to end poverty?

 

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