By Deborah Lagutaris and the Reframers

If we are going to rebuild an economic system, we should build one that rests on a solid foundation. Not like the last time. It amazes me that anyone who thought that an economic system based on relentless expansion could survive forever. One of the primary tenets of capitalism is that it must grow, or die. Sort of like…ummm…cancer.

Perhaps, if we had had a truly equitable and humanistic basis for the capitalistic society, where everyone grew and shared economically with their local advantages in production, at the same rate, it may have had a chance. But nooooo! Instead, we have zombie banks. The mightiest and most powerful direct control over humanity ever devised...where trillions of dollars passed through every day…the banks…they are zombies.

All we have to do to stop it is to say that it is over.

People truly are smart and kind if let be, for the most part. Let us live and let live, but learn how to share deeply. Our communities will be the most important factor in our daily lives now. Here’s a short list of six things to do to help yourself and help your community at the same time!

1. Stop throwing away good food and wasting good water.

2. Gather up and learn how to play and teach musical instruments.

3. Talk to the unemployed and spread word of their skills; barter and give forward.

4. Pay your local merchants ahead.

5. Seek out new friends and aid them.

6. Gather books on practical topics like medicine, applied chemistry, and construction, as well as great books of any type. Save good magazines. Okay, that’s seven. So sue me : P

Debocracy & The Reframers

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