Capitalism

Yahoo news today ran the headline "10 Steps to Becoming a Millionaire". One of the steps was be aggressive. Another step was to "watch your spending". They stated that vacations, travel, homes, and children all take money- so minimize your spending! Basically, be an asshole who doesn't enjoy life or share that with other people or family. Anyone still want to be a millionaire?

I'm currently reading the book "Days of War/ Nights of Love" by Crimethinc. It's an amazing book so far and so frustrating. It talks a lot about capitalism and how the system is set up to screw over the majority of us. We sell our time to the highest bidder we can find and then work away until exhausted and then go home and buy back the products we helped make at a profit to our employers. The examples are very poignant and clear. The theory is solid. The result is frustration over a system that makes it so hard to operate outside of it. 

There is one point that discusses a gift-based economy over a trade-based (capitalist) economy. It offers some hope.