You may find this post rather funny because it deals with a conspiracy theory and that’s not normally what I specialize in but here it goes anyway. Is money good or not in the current form that we have it. No I don’t mean do you think having more money to buy more things is good or bad because people will obviously answer it is very good. However, I am saying is paper or even metal money good. We waste tons of trees everyday to make more money and with inflation we just have to waste more trees making the paper for money and waste our precious metals on coins. Coins are not such a bad thing they do not waste away like paper does they last longer but they way more. However, paper does indeed go through the wear and tear so we cut down trees only to use them for a year or two until say that five dollar bill is so torn and marked up that it is obviously time to retire it.
Here is where the conspiracy theory comes in though well if you use a credit card and make everything digital on a credit card or a bank card that is still bad. Although, we wouldn’t have to waste our resources on money that still leaves the problem that we rely to heavily on computers and machines that if there were ever a glitch, a problem, or simply a failure we would all be in terrible trouble. It would be like the Stone Age again without our electricity. Also there is the conspiracy theory that some people have about having there money in a bank or having a card instead of money at all. First off the stock market crash was terrible and a reason not to trust banks yes but some people have the notion that the government would track everything with a bank card. In essence there is some truth to it too because if a secretary suddenly starts banking checks to her account for two million every week not only is her company going to be seriously examining her but so will the government because if they see a drastic change in cash flow you will get examined because obviously that money came from somewhere.
Should we all go Swiss they haven’t turned on their clients so far and they seem to have the most reliable track record when it comes to handling money? Is paper money still good? Is a bank card good? What way should we turn next in terms of currency because it seems to just go too many different ways and keeps evolving? At one point it was stones then metal each too heavy to have too much of. At another we just bargained and traded which may be the best way to go. Now we have moved to paper which is the best which should we stick with? I personally like trading the best out of these examples because you can’t really counterfeit something like a fish for trading but there are still flaws to all of these systems. Tell me another form if you think something else would be better.
Paper money was a huge accomlishment in society, and is very usefull. It's great to have curency rather than a barganing system. Do you think it'd be better to say, "Okay, you can have this house for fifty goats and five hundred chickens"? Our electronic system and banking system are pretty reliable, and that's what people use for big items. Currency is effective because it allows people to put a set price on things. It's not much of a conspiracy.
"However, paper does indeed go through the wear and tear so we cut down trees only to use them for a year or two"
Paper money is made of more than paper. There's a lot of cotton and stuff in it too, which makes it pretty durable, and lasts much longer than a couple years. Anyway, let me know if you think of a better alternative...
Maggie B
An amazing idealist you must be! If we could only take it one step further and abolish the idea of currency altogether what a world it could be! If we think about it all it is is I.O.U.'s for gold!