Argh! Is this stealing? Piracy, Ethics, etc.

[pluralone]

I just saw part of the new Zeitgeist movie, which posits that the money system is the root of all evil. I think that's an oversimplification. But, it may be partially true.

I'm going to have to watch that movie again. That's a point I missed... or, more accurately, it's one I have to wonder if I really 'missed' it or just 'dismissed' it. I think it's partially true in that I believe the social mind-set from which money (and similar currencies) was developed was truly skewed. "Evil"? No. Imbalanced? Misguided? Definitely.

So why doesn't life work this way right now? One word. Greed.

I agree that greed is what took money (again, and similar currencies) to the unhealthy state of commerce in which it exits today, but I think greed is not the only reason it's perpetuated now. I think a great deal of all societal imbalances stem from learned helplessness, a state in which many, perhaps the majority, do not agree with social policy but do not believe they have the power to effect change. That's just not the same as wholesale greed.

Just thinkin'.
plur