Societies That Work Differently

The claim that the current system is the only viable way to organize human society is contradicted by both history and present reality. Societies have been organized in many different ways, some of which achieved outcomes that currency-based systems have not.

Existing examples

Kibbutzim, cooperative movements, indigenous resource-sharing systems, and various communal arrangements have demonstrated that human beings are fully capable of organizing productive, innovative, and satisfying societies without the coercive dynamics of currency-based competition. Each of these has limitations and challenges — none is presented as a perfect model — but they prove the principle that alternatives exist.

Historical precedents

Every major economic system in human history was preceded by a period in which the previous system seemed permanent and the new one seemed impossible. Feudalism was considered the natural order of things — until it was replaced. The same was true of monarchies, of slavery as an economic institution, and of countless other arrangements that once seemed eternal.