The discussions around the absurdly small changes to tax on superannuation should be the start to addressing the growing wealth inequality in this country
We like to think of how backward our ancient ancestors were to praise sun gods, believe the world was flat, that plagues happened because we didn’t sacrifice animals or people or that a saviour is going to some day arrive and end the world.
We live in a global civilization right now that believes in infinite monetary wealth with numbers growing ever higher backed by nothing but belief and trust. There is so much imaginary wealth right now that it is way beyond what can actually exist. The last time I read about it was about ten or 15 years ago … it was an article that estimated that if all debt, all over the world was stopped at the time and everyone just spent time paying everything off, it would take thousands of years to repay everything. Yet in that time, all we’ve done is keep increasing debt and imaginary wealth.
The whole system is built on our belief in the system. The belief that eventually things will be paid off or that finances will be balanced. It is all built on trust and promises.
If at any point, enough people in parts of the world stop believing or trusting this system … it will all come crashing down.
Money is our new religion and we all believe in it and praise it and put all our hopes in it.
It exists because we praise it and worship it.
As soon as we stop believing in our gods of finance … the whole thing will end.
Just like what happened to our ancient ancestors who believed in sun gods, god kings or powerful beings sitting in clouds in the sky.
All her life my Aunt looked like she was on top of her business. Owned multiple houses around the world, travelled regularly, lived in the inner city of a top tier European city. She was found dead at home in her 70s. As the finances were unwound to deal with her estate, she’s flat broke, everything was loans on loans, her sister who rented one of her apartments is set to lose her housing. One of my family members commented “I thought she was good at business”, I replied that she was, she died without ever having to clean up the mess she made, her finances were a disaster and now they’re someone else’s problem.
We like to think of how backward our ancient ancestors were to praise sun gods, believe the world was flat, that plagues happened because we didn’t sacrifice animals or people or that a saviour is going to some day arrive and end the world.
We live in a global civilization right now that believes in infinite monetary wealth with numbers growing ever higher backed by nothing but belief and trust. There is so much imaginary wealth right now that it is way beyond what can actually exist. The last time I read about it was about ten or 15 years ago … it was an article that estimated that if all debt, all over the world was stopped at the time and everyone just spent time paying everything off, it would take thousands of years to repay everything. Yet in that time, all we’ve done is keep increasing debt and imaginary wealth.
The whole system is built on our belief in the system. The belief that eventually things will be paid off or that finances will be balanced. It is all built on trust and promises.
If at any point, enough people in parts of the world stop believing or trusting this system … it will all come crashing down.
Money is our new religion and we all believe in it and praise it and put all our hopes in it.
It exists because we praise it and worship it.
As soon as we stop believing in our gods of finance … the whole thing will end.
Just like what happened to our ancient ancestors who believed in sun gods, god kings or powerful beings sitting in clouds in the sky.
All her life my Aunt looked like she was on top of her business. Owned multiple houses around the world, travelled regularly, lived in the inner city of a top tier European city. She was found dead at home in her 70s. As the finances were unwound to deal with her estate, she’s flat broke, everything was loans on loans, her sister who rented one of her apartments is set to lose her housing. One of my family members commented “I thought she was good at business”, I replied that she was, she died without ever having to clean up the mess she made, her finances were a disaster and now they’re someone else’s problem.
I realised a long time ago that economics is a faith based religion. And I’m an atheist.
The Bible warned about worshiping money two thousand years ago but you all want to bitch about magical sky wizards