Frederick Bott
2 min readDec 27, 2021

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Joe thanks for posting.
I agree with you mostly, but I might have more hope, believing I see the solution, the way out.
The solution is a solar powered hydrogen energy econonomy, beyond capitalism, It might even be described as "Energyism", since it involves the monetisation of energy, rather than capital.
By doing that, we will start to prioritise and reward for using the energy of the sun over all other things.
All of the things you describe in your bullet points are fixed by that, since it removes the scarcity driving all things.
The apparent chaos of everyone seemingly squabbling over all things is actually us learning how to do this, by our own very messy process of learning as a species, it seems to me.
Then we will see how to make everyone busy, putting back what we can, of what was taken out of our planet by our old handling of all energy as capital.

Necessary as capital might have been, it isn’t any longer.
Hence the reason the buying power of money, all capital money, is beginning to slip.
The slippage can’t be stopped, it can no longer be held to represent any kind of capital, but it could slide towards an energy standard, which is far more valuable than any capital, the only source of energy without capital; sunlight.
With that, including energy standards of Joules per token in markets, we will see an overwhemlming urge to give money away, to pass on whatever we can’t use, to others quickly before it devalues.
That won’t be as difficult as sounds, since everything now is digital, it doesn’t require us to be running around with physical barrows of cash.
The consequence of it is the technical end of capitalism.
Now it is only a matter of time until those most heavily invested realise it, admit it, and help us work best with it.
I don’t think protesting about anything except maybe immediate personal poverty and homeless will achieve much.
I would say sitting tight rather than marching, until all else fails, would be wise.

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Frederick Bott
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