Great thinking and undeniable requisite as we move toward a Type 1 cosmic society.
One thing about US (central bank, fiat) currency that few understand, but which I think adds ooomph to this is that one of the key functions of the military is to protect the dominance of the U.S. dollar’s status as the global reserve currency, particularly in its role as the petrodollar—the dominant currency for oil transaction. This is no small enterprise and to put it in terms of impact, the U.S. military is one of the world’s largest institutional contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. If ranked as a country, it would be among the top global carbon emitters (i.e. polluters) on the planet.
Yet the Pentagon is exempt from any regulatory emissions oversight or reporting. So in a very real sense, the use of dollars is a driver of the polycrisis. I often put that reality to my compatriots in the climate space - that by continuing to use fiat they are actively (at least) sustaining the thing they are using it to fight. I am usually greeted with blank stares or shrugs: “you’re a radical fundamentalist, and that won’t get us anywhere.”
Finally! I always push this into these convos, the eleventh round from Lietaer’s essential work (as Im sure you know) The Future of Money:
Great thinking and undeniable requisite as we move toward a Type 1 cosmic society.
One thing about US (central bank, fiat) currency that few understand, but which I think adds ooomph to this is that one of the key functions of the military is to protect the dominance of the U.S. dollar’s status as the global reserve currency, particularly in its role as the petrodollar—the dominant currency for oil transaction. This is no small enterprise and to put it in terms of impact, the U.S. military is one of the world’s largest institutional contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. If ranked as a country, it would be among the top global carbon emitters (i.e. polluters) on the planet.
Yet the Pentagon is exempt from any regulatory emissions oversight or reporting. So in a very real sense, the use of dollars is a driver of the polycrisis. I often put that reality to my compatriots in the climate space - that by continuing to use fiat they are actively (at least) sustaining the thing they are using it to fight. I am usually greeted with blank stares or shrugs: “you’re a radical fundamentalist, and that won’t get us anywhere.”
Finally! I always push this into these convos, the eleventh round from Lietaer’s essential work (as Im sure you know) The Future of Money:
https://www.highexistence.com/the-11th-round-a-parable-on-our-money-system/
yes, very good points