There are two kinds of money known to man: the oligarchic one which is designed for driving profit out of the lives of humanity, and that which is based on the scientific Christian principle of universal ownership of infrastructures essential for human existence.  The type of money that is based on this environment is fundamentally a development resource for enriching society, for developing the genius of man and its potential for advancing civilization towards the infinite; that supports mankind's existence and progress, and establishes peace.

This difference in perceptions of money, and the way money is deployed, is illustrated by an experiment conducted on a university campus.  A sign was set up that showed a manufacturing facility, and next to it a hooker with a Mercedes.  The sign asked the question: "Do ten million dollars equal ten million dollars?"  The passers by were encouraged to answer.  The result was rather astounding.  Most of the older, well dressed people - members of the faculty perhaps - said, yes, they are equal.  The younger, generally said, no.  When asked to state their reason, those who said no generally didn't know precisely why they felt the two types of money were not the same.  They had a gut-feeling about it.  Not one, however, said that the manufacturing facility creates a certain profit for society that is essential to sustain human existence - no one said that mankind needs to grow food in order to live, and create industrial products for its farming and the transportation of food, and energy for its processing, retail networks for its distribution, a banking system for its financing, and more manufacturing to satisfy the needs of these secondary systems.  No one said that the money invested in manufacturing pays heavy dividends in terms of real profits for society that raises its standard of living, without which society would not exist, and that prostitution, on the other had, at its most ideal, produces nothing for the maintenance and advance of society, but frequently feeds organized crime and becomes destructive morally and physically, if not mortally dangerous, to all involved, and to a lesser degree hurts society as a whole as prostitution is a component of organized crime.  No one said these things.

Here again, we have two types of monetary systems: one that supports society, and one that drains it for personal profiteering.  The two are definitely not equal.

Appendix A15 presents a summary of the main points that came to light about money.  On the right hand side the four main elements are shown, leading either to the development of the human potential, or to anarchy.  The left side shows a graph that illustrates the current financial state of the USA.  What is shown by this graph, is fundamentally representative of the state of the world as a whole.

Three values are plotted in the graph: 1. The total debt service cost of the nation (business, private, and governmental debt). 2. The total value produced (value added through manufacturing).  3. Profits generated from manufacturing per dollar invested.  These three elements of the graph indicate quite graphically the mess we are in as a society.  They indicate that for the 16 year period between 1951 and 1967, the debt service costs have risen from 16c per dollar of value produced, to about 28c (a relatively small increase) but have shot up over the next 24 years to $1.28 for every dollar of value produced.  Today's figure is obviously very much higher.  The profits show a similar trend.  Between 1951 and 1967 the profits remained steady, at one dollar of profit per dollar invested in the economy.  By 1991, however, this profit had turned into a $2.50 loss, which added to the debt load.

What this means in real hard terms, translated into the familiar dimension of the rentier based feudalism, is the following.  The people of the United States have rented from their lords an 'Estate' of app. 16 trillion dollars (in 1991).  The society, like the renter-peasants in earlier times, work the estate to generate goods with which to pay the rent, and with which to feed and maintain themselves.  In 1951, the lords share was 16c per a dollar of value produced.   The remaining 84c per dollar of value produced were sufficient to allow for a good living.  By 1967, the situation had worsened.  The lords' claim of the produced value had increased to 28c per dollar.  Well, the society could still live with that.  "We simply have to work harder, and smarter," the people said to each other, and they did.  By 1991 the economy had produced 5 times the dollar value as before, however, the lord's claim had mounted up to $1.28 for every dollar of value produced.  Since no person, no matter how hard and smart that person applies himself, can give away the entire income earned, plus an extra 25%, and still have something to live on, the people had to borrow from their lords their living, and a great deal more to satisfy their lord's claim, which consequently increased the 'Estate' that they rented.  This increase, however, could not be used to generate more product.  Nobody ever saw it, per say.  It never hit the light of day, but merely added to the people's burden.

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