If everyone refused to interact with anyone, could an economy exist? No. An economy requires SOME DEGREE of interaction and cooperation. Solutions also require some degree of interaction and cooperation. A critical component of an economy is cooperation. It may be a minimal degree of cooperation, but there must be some basic level of cooperation. This degree of cooperation may seem trivial, because we think nothing of going anywhere we want, and buying anything we want as long as we have the money. My point is that an economy must have some degree of acceptance of the "system" and cooperation to engage in the system. If the economic system needs to be modified, the general public must understand and agree to the benefit to themselves. If the argument is that the monetary system needs to be changed to achieve a "greater good," most people don't care about achieving a "greater good." They care about themselves. So, how will the general public be convinced to change their behavior? I will ALWAYS go back to the issue of behavior. Behavior is what drives everything. We need to appeal to people to behave well. We need to make it honorable to behave well. On the issue of cryptocurrency, it is used by criminals and organized crime, and organized crime isn't concerned with the "greater good." They are concerned with consolidating power to abuse, misuse and exploit others. So, cryptocurrency is not achieving the goal of empowering the general public. And as a person who has had cryptocurrency stolen from me, I know there is no control system in place or recourse to get my money back. I'm very much in favor of economic practices and behavior that make the world a better place. There needs to be "messaging" that everyone understands. Like, "We are all on a sinking ship, and if everyone doesn't start bailing water, then we are all going down."
If everyone refused to interact with anyone, could an economy exist? No. An economy requires SOME DEGREE of interaction and cooperation. Solutions also require some degree of interaction and cooperation. A critical component of an economy is cooperation. It may be a minimal degree of cooperation, but there must be some basic level of cooperation. This degree of cooperation may seem trivial, because we think nothing of going anywhere we want, and buying anything we want as long as we have the money. My point is that an economy must have some degree of acceptance of the "system" and cooperation to engage in the system. If the economic system needs to be modified, the general public must understand and agree to the benefit to themselves. If the argument is that the monetary system needs to be changed to achieve a "greater good," most people don't care about achieving a "greater good." They care about themselves. So, how will the general public be convinced to change their behavior? I will ALWAYS go back to the issue of behavior. Behavior is what drives everything. We need to appeal to people to behave well. We need to make it honorable to behave well. On the issue of cryptocurrency, it is used by criminals and organized crime, and organized crime isn't concerned with the "greater good." They are concerned with consolidating power to abuse, misuse and exploit others. So, cryptocurrency is not achieving the goal of empowering the general public. And as a person who has had cryptocurrency stolen from me, I know there is no control system in place or recourse to get my money back. I'm very much in favor of economic practices and behavior that make the world a better place. There needs to be "messaging" that everyone understands. Like, "We are all on a sinking ship, and if everyone doesn't start bailing water, then we are all going down."