Intro to "Sacred Economics"

Very idealistic sounding, but there was absolutely no reference about *how* such a transformation is to take shape. The only thing he discussed was the need for a transition to a more stable and sound economic model, without so much as mentioning how to even begin the process. Nothing was said about how western society should look toward indigenous cultures throughout the earth about how to "abandon ship" toward a more ecologically friendly way of stewarding the earth while fomenting forward progress to a balanced and harmonious future. He also failed to mention how, even though this old system is crumbling, the forces that institute it are protected by vast legions of armed police, intelligence operatives, and mercenaries. Money can only exist with the use of force in order to ENforce it. Money needs the threat of and will to use violence and murder against those who openly oppose. The monetary system of western civilization exists only because of a violent and ultimately evil ideology that is defended by firearms. This is the bottom line point of Euro-based economics which Mr. Eisenstein, unsurprisingly, failed to address. Still too taboo, I suppose. In fact many perfectly intelligent people I've discussed this with are not only unwilling to understand this, they in fact react with a certain degree of hostility, as though their own family members were being verbally assailed.

Until Mr. Eisenstein is willing to deal with the fundamental partnership between money and weapons, his utopian sounding idealstic words will remain such and nothing more: words. Platitudes. When it comes to looking toward a brigher future, I'm sorry to say that I would follow anyone other than another know-it-all male of European descent.

Monetarism could not exist without the simultaneous existance of guns and a power structure that owns guns.