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zero, hence not having a
monetary
value at all. If such a situation were to occur, perhaps with the use of automation for labor and chemical processes to find substitutions for scarce resources, the entire financial/profit
system
would have no true basis and could not exist. A driving undercurrent of the marketplace is scarcity. Industry at large wants scarcity, for it increases demand. This reality creates an immediate disregard for the environment/human concern and reinforces abusive methods that work to limit production capacity and resource availability, rather than expand it for the greater good. Therefore, abundance is impossible. Also, the currency in the
system
is deliberately made scarce by the central banks, forcing humans to battle each other on a daily basis, with there never being enough to go around, perpetuating poverty and class stratification. The Monetary System requires `cyclical consumption', or constant turnover in the marketplace. This translates into a natural propensity/need to create inferior products that break down quickly, for if very long lasting, durable and sustainable products were created, the market would suffer, for less people would have a need to repair or re-purchase a product. This leads to high levels of multiplicity, waste and pollution. If products in
society
were actually designed to last long periods of time, through the use of the best known materials and methods, the
monetary
system
could not exist, for it can only work when constant financial "input" is generated by purchases. The most important issue for a human being is survival, and in a Monetary System this inherent self-interest translates into the constant pursuit of `Profit'. This mentality has proven to cause far more problems than benefits for
society
, for social concern is always second to
monetary
gain. If industry truly `cared' about
society
, putting the welfare and best interests of people as the first priority, the
monetary
system
would not work, for the entire orientation of the structure requires "differential advantage". In other words, `equality' and `fairness' have no place in a
system
where the entire basis of survival has to do with competition. Of course, advocates of the
system
will tell you that the
system
creates "incentive", but this incentive is really the incentive for
monetary
gain and nothing more. Meaningful contributions to
society
in this
system
are a chance byproduct, not the initial intent. Financial corruption is also always constant, with many forms simply accepted as "the way it is" and legal. Concurrently, War is the ultimate form of economic stimulus and this makes death and destruction a positive thing for those who are in commercial/political positions to benefit from it. War is in fact wanted by industry, regardless of its inhumanity. Given this reality, war will likely never go away as long as the profit
system
is in place, while human behavior itself will always have an abusive propensity, due to the need to gain advantage over each other for survival. The Human Value System is largely a product of the environment. The influence of the Monetary
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