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Larry Ogg

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31. When it comes to the pathological greedy...

Reply to socialist_n_TN (Reply #19)

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 03:37 PM

Mar 2012

Absent any restraint, there is no limit to what they will do, as the end justifies the means, and consequences seem to be something they rarely worry about...

Hopefully people will wake up before it's to late, and see the ruling class not as royalty, but as predators.

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Greece on the breadline: cashless currency takes off [View all] Earth_First Mar 2012 OP

Been practicing this for years here madokie Mar 2012 #1

Yep. Earth_First Mar 2012 #2

The barter system was the staple Harmony Blue Mar 2012 #35

No middle man to rip you off. madokie Mar 2012 #39

Behold the future. CanonRay Mar 2012 #3

This is great.. we need to do this here. DCBob Mar 2012 #4

If this system takes off, the whole global economy will collapse Zalatix Mar 2012 #5

Trust me Zal, if this system takes off......... socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #13

They don't have enough room in their jails already. Zalatix Mar 2012 #21

I actually hope you're right about the growth thing........ socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #23

Happened here in the Midwest during the early years of the Depression. JDPriestly Mar 2012 #32

+1 n/t OneGrassRoot Mar 2012 #38

How does government fund a social safety net in such a system? hack89 Mar 2012 #24

They don't. Then again the Plutocrats will get rid of those safety nets anyway. Zalatix Mar 2012 #25

Sounds like the entire scheme is a libertarian's wet dream. hack89 Mar 2012 #26

Libertarians will be the first to die. Because the most important currency in that world is Zalatix Mar 2012 #28

So all those food importing countries will starve? hack89 Mar 2012 #29

That's a problem, yes, but the fix is already in. Zalatix Mar 2012 #30

Actually that is not accurate Harmony Blue Mar 2012 #36

The exchange limits the numbers of credits you can accumulate or owe. JDPriestly Mar 2012 #33

The post I was replying to expressed the opposite thought. hack89 Mar 2012 #34

"Then again the Plutocrats will get rid of those........ socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #27

Notice it always comes back to food at some point. fasttense Mar 2012 #6

Excellent. Nt xchrom Mar 2012 #7

So it seems to me moparlunatic Mar 2012 #8

Talk about there and back again MattBaggins Mar 2012 #20

Can you see the Villagers agreeing to this: tsuki Mar 2012 #9

Ouch, the Plutocrats just got stung... Zalatix Mar 2012 #22

The silver lining shineth lunatica Mar 2012 #10

Bartering is part of many societies...more so at times like these SoCalDem Mar 2012 #11

Now that�s just messed up� Larry Ogg Mar 2012 #12

Thats what paramilitary police and mercs are for, to put such efforts down before they "get out of TheKentuckian Mar 2012 #14

Yep. Said the same up above......... socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #15

Yup, yup and our resident neolibs will be leading the chorus TheKentuckian Mar 2012 #17

Of course they will....... socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #18

There is nothing they can do to stop it Harmony Blue Mar 2012 #37

I doubt that there could be a more truthful answer. Larry Ogg Mar 2012 #16

The last sentence is why the whole system must be........ socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #19

When it comes to the pathological greedy... Larry Ogg Mar 2012 #31