The purpose of money is to facilitate trading. But conventional money (con$) more disables than enables. Money only works when it moves, and the real power of con$ comes from holding on to them. Money (as we know it, Jim) isn't so much the means of our economy as it's the impediment.

Con$ is scarce (it has to be to have value) so it has to comes from "them" out there. Any money coming in bounces around the community (maybe one an half times) and then goes out, for imported goods, from wherever the getting is best. You have to have it coming in, so you do what you must to get it - the classic addictive pattern.

Con$ is competitive - it creates a zero sum game with winners and losers -- by it's very nature. Some - very few - have too much and some - very many - have too little. Those who have it control others. If more of that sort of money made for a better society, we would have seen it by now. Even in rich countries, many are hungry and homeless.

Con$ is destructive. We sell off all our forests, fish and our childrens' future. We compete greedily for diminishing resources rather than cooperate to create commonwealth. Even social justice, environmental, and peace organizations compete with each other for government and foundation grants.

cc stay in their communities and allow patterns to form - "only connect".

So no one needs to go hungry, homeless, or unemployed because there is always something that the community wants done and people can be paid in cc to do it;

Any community can have its own money…business network, neighbourhood, region, church, international special interest group. Anyone can have many cc…how many networks do you trade or do business in?

Real wealth is created when productive trade and business is enabled and people get paid for work that the community wants done, thus creating commonwealth, in a truly free market where everyone has a voice and no one has power over another.

Cooperation and collaboration is more likely when there is sufficient cc circulating

People generally want to contribute and work together in community;

Using cc decreases dependence on conventional $ and increases economic resilience.

(note on collateral guarantee networks.)