Termyn8or
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Something a friend said tonight made some sense and gave me an idea. He started on the value of money, and I railroded it into the real value of gold and silver. But I am not here to talk about investments, not at all.
Real wealth is defined in a different way, at least by me. I have a different slant on things so here goes. All the wealth of the world belongs to those who do useful work. It is stolen from them on a daily basis by people who couldn't begin to do their jobs, OK some could.
The less you work the richer you get it seems, but it is actually the opposite. I mean this on two different levels. For one you could figure out how to work less and make more. The opportunities are out there, but it is not one of those scams "Turn $6 into..." or anything like that. It seems simple to get rich, you start a business and once you get it afloat you turn it over to your number one, or somone you can trust. I don't just mean trust with your money, I mean trust their judgement.
Once you get that up and running, you have free time and can go do it again, and pretty much double your income. This can be done again and again. So you can make money, even with among the smallest of businesses.
I recall a thread in humor, but it was true. Entitled the less you work the more you earn, it postulated a formula which was not quite right. But it did show the basic concept. Time is money.
For example let's say you work and make $100, in one hour a week. Why can't you start up another thing going and use one of the other 167 hours in that week to make another $100 ? Such as it goes for business. When the place can run itself, get out. Sure you might have to stop back from time to time, but you have very little to do with day to day operations. This is where the less knowledge part comes in. You set yourself up something that makes you X a week and you only spend X time a week dealing with it. So do it again and double your income. Yes it is easier said than done, but it can be done and it has been done.
So much for fake wealth.
Now for the real wealth. How would you create wealth, by mining gold or silver ?
The real wealth of a nation is in it's citizens' work. It is precisely that which makes the rich rich. And the fact that we, the skilled, have become proletarians because we sell them all of our skills at a discount rate. They get a rakeoff on everything plus tack on a profit.
So this is how the rich get rich. Do not come crying saying you were never told. Now the question becaome what to do about it. One has to be a realist and get it in their head that we cannot break the money addiction overnight, and you heard me right. Break the money addiction. Stop buying, get everything paid down, or off if you can. Keep your car for ten years intead of trading it in in two. Fix the old TV, washing mashine etc., instead of buying new, within reason of course.
Considering all this and alot of other things, I have what may be a new idea. Consider this website, what it offers. Somehow it does that without dues. Sometimes I think the actual owners of this site like to encourage discussion and want to archive it for some reason. Actually I am all for that. Did we type all of this for nothing ?
My idea is for a website for people with real skills, to build repair or run etc., things that would come in handy if money no longer existed. Actually maybe there could be an accounting and legal section, but if you get the gist of it.
Think of the structure of CM, and just apply different variables. Give it the right name like peoplewithskills.com or something like that. This (CM) software would be fine, I wonder what it costs. It would be a bit different though. Your contact info could be in a post maybe, the categories are of course different, but there is still an internal mail system.
The rules would be different, and there would be dues, but when you pay your dues you get to decide, based on their application, whether or not new members are allowed to join. Each member has one vote, and not being foolish like some, it would not be a secret ballot. You stand behind your decisions, not a cloak of anonymity.
I really do not have all the details on how to set it up, but we need a solidarity, we need to know what happens if a shitload of us across the country do not go to work. If the tyrants are to be tamed, this is the only way, to show them where their wealth really comes from. It is the cumulative effect of our own labor, and last I heard they say we are not slaves. Therefore we can stop anytime we want. Well we could but for that addiction to money.
So just when you thought I was nuts, here I am to prove it. But for this site of which I speak, there are entrance requirements. Diplomas and GEDs don't crack the nut. You take OUR test.
I also intend to promote barter, and I mean without taxes. Taxes apply when money changes hands, if it does not they can go F... you know. Don't get me started on that unless you want it all, do the other side if you want, but that would not be on this topic. It may be hard to discern the topic, boil it down, I want a website for people with skills to have like a national organization and eventually develop some solidarity. Possibly effect a positive change in the country.; If nothing else some voting blocs. At least it is something.
So what are you doing ?
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