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"while we are forced to deal with money." Are we though??? Eisenstein and how human connection (community) is degraded by the convenience of money and how we can reduce our dependence on money by relying (yes relying) on each other via mutual help: we will never have a community while we use money. Community is about being there for each other and not contracting out when we need help and/or because it is quicker/more convenient/less hassle. Childcare is a good example. People say they want community yet spend their time online and use money: community doesn't happen by itself: we have to make it happen, we have to want it. It appears to me that people claim they want it but how badly? Loneliness is rife and is the next commodification? How many people check in on their neigbour? We probably thought community was boring and technology was 'life in the fast lane' and hip..it appears we got it wrong! Community also takes time because it is built on trust. It is interesting that intentional communities don't stand the test of time: because people can dip in then dip out: this is because there is money and so people can conveniently leave! Imagine if you had to stay, had to make it work. So for me, their is some choice, as with voting: an anarchist can choose to vote and can choose to lessen their convenience of money and build community. I named four individuals, there will be many many more. The fact that there is pushback could be because Charles is correct. We allow our lives to be taken over: death by convenience? If Mark Boyle and others can do it, then so can many other people. Mark et al demonstrated it can be done. Yes, it is huge subject. Mark Boyle thought as you do: that we are forced to deal with money but he worked out a way to live without it and so can we; the more that do, the 'easier' is it will be: that we shift convenience in a different direction?