[GJM] FYI The Interest Mechanism

[robert searle]

 This may be of some interest as this contact a
certain Steve Consilvio had some interesting views
about the so-called Interest Mechanism.

Robert Searle.


--- robert searle <dharao4 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Dear Steve Consilvio
> 
>           I see where you are coming from. I think
> the
> word predatory for non-profits should be replaced by
> competative, and yes, they can to some extent be
> corrupt like banks, and corporations.
> 
> Ofcourse, you are right to indicate that money
> itself
> is essentially a man-made creation. But, without
> resources (real wealth)it is useless.
> 
> I agree with you that by "bribing" someone you are
> reinforcing money as being something real, and
> important. Unfortunately, it is real, and important
> for this world even though most of it is created out
> of thin air!!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Robert Searle.
> 
> 
> --- Steve Consilvio <steve at behappyandfree.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Robert,
> > 
> > Yes, it was a surprise to me to discover that a
> > non-profit was as  
> > predatory as a bank, corporation  or a government
> > can be. But it  
> > makes sense when you realize that the system is a
> > closed-loop. No  
> > matter what role we are in, we are all
> contributing
> > to the  
> > "brokenness" of the economy.
> > 
> > A non-profit requires that the "for profit" world
> > continues if it is  
> > to exist. It assumes a privilege, which means that
> > someone else must  
> > assume the burden somewhere else. In the most
> > extreme example, you  
> > have Buffet and Gates, but it is the same way all
> > the way up their  
> > line. The accounting system has replaced reality.
> > 
> > As Thoreau said,
> > There are a thousand hacking at the branches of
> evil
> > to one who is  
> > striking at the root, and it may be that he who
> > bestows the largest  
> > amount of time and money on the needy is doing the
> > most by his mode  
> > of life to produce that misery which he strives in
> > vain to relieve.
> > 
> > But how does that occur? What is the
> contradiction?
> > I believe The  
> > Interest Mechanism is the mathematical component.
> > Money is ultimately  
> > an intellectual agreement. We assign "value," it
> > does not exist in  
> > reality. We feed our family but charge a stranger
> > for food. Why do we  
> > see people differently when we are all the same?
> Why
> > should the  
> > marketplace of currency control our imaginations
> so
> > strongly? Our  
> > love of numbers is in proportion to our fear of
> > numbers.
> > 
> > If you "bribe" someone, you are simply reinforcing
> > the bias that  
> > money is real and important. It is our
> relationships
> > that are  
> > important, not the numbers.
> > 
> > Peace,
> > Steve
> > 
> > On Jan 15, 2007, at 3:53 PM, robert searle wrote:
> > 
> > > Dear Steve Consilvio
> > >
> > >      Thank you for your interest....so to speak!
> > Yes,I
> > > have been looking at your website, and it seems
> to
> > be
> > > very worthwhile.
> > >
> > > I am connected with the Global Justice Movement.
> > net
> > > easily traceable on the internet. We have an
> > excellent
> > > well-informed forum among other things. I will
> > mention
> > > your site so that they can see yours if they
> wish.
> > >
> > > I am not quite clear how the non-profits are a
> > > problem. I personally am now coming to the
> > conclusion
> > > that corporations to become more accountable,
> and
> > > eco-friendly could be "bribed" into doing so
> with
> > the
> > > authorized transmission of new unearned money.
> > This is
> > > a huge subject which I am trying to develop. I
> > think
> > > trying to oppose corporations, and banks is
> > largely a
> > > waste of time but they would love TFE if they
> > > understood it.
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards.
> > >
> > > Robert Searle.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Steve Consilvio <steve at behappyandfree.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi Robert,
> > >> You may find my website useful in understanding
> > the
> > >> nature of the
> > >> economy, particularly a thing I call The
> Interest
> > >> Mechanism. To some
> > >> degree it is misnamed, because everything that
> > >> occurs with Interest
> > >> actually occurs with Profit as well. The
> > government
> > >> doesn't create
> > >> money or control inflation, business owners
> like
> > >> myself do that. The
> > >> government simply creates the intellectual
> > agreement
> > >> of what money "is."
> > >>
> > >> By the way, it is the non-profits that are
> > >> destroying the world. The
> > >> economy could be remade without anyone actually
> > >> feeling a thing, but
> > >> the fear and indoctrination to falsehoods is
> very
> > >> strong.
> > >>
> > >> Peace,
> > >> Steve Consilvio
> > >> Massachusetts USA
> > >> www.behappyandfree.com
> > >>
> > >> The Interest Mechanism:
> > www.behappyandfree.com/pdf/
> > >> TheInterestMechanism.pdf
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 		
> > >
> >
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