Pravin Damle

Building Utopia

Building Utopia presents a vision of how our societies should operate. Some would ask why? Let's discuss.

Humanity has made plenty of progress, yet many problems persist. Have you ever wondered why? Most of these issues stem from a scarcity of money for the masses. This scarcity is caused by the unfairness in our monetary systems. Most of our problems are rooted in this unfairness. The primary symptom of this unfairness is the increasing wealth inequality. We do not have any systems that can eliminate this unfairness, and our current social welfare systems are so inadequate that they cannot cover it up.

To truly solve these challenges, instead of addressing individual issues in isolation, we must rethink how everything should function. We need a holistic approach which visualizes a much different society where these problems simply cannot exist. Such an ideal society has monetary systems that prevent monetary unfairness from arising. Its social welfare systems ensure that monetary adversities and misfortune do not compromise an individuals quest for a good life. An ideal society ensures the well-being of its citizens so that its citizens can have good life.

Such an society is called Utopia. It is a society where fairness and well-being are foundational, independence and self-sufficiency are coveted, and its monetary and social welfare systems make it a good place for everyone.

Building Utopia details the necessary systems for such a Utopian society. We definitely need to build these systems. Explore these ideas and proposals, analyze them, and see if you agree. If a majority of us agree, we can build it. That's the point of a democracy; isn't it?

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    Utopian Financial Infrastructure

    Utopian Financial Infrastructure introduces and describes a new financial infrastructure that is necessary to support and implement the ideas mentioned in Building Utopia book.

    Why do we need a new financial system? Our current financial system has evolved over several millennia, and it has accomplished many good things. However, it has many deficiencies. The current financial system is inadequate for implementing the ideas mentioned in Building Utopia book; in fact, it is not even close to achieving adequacy. A few tweaks or enhancements to our current financial system would not make it adequate. The current financial system simply cannot serve as the financial infrastructure for any Utopian society.

    Utopian Financial Infrastructure is about money, wealth, ownership and accurately accounting for it.

    From the perspective of "leading a good life", money or wealth is not the end in itself, it is merely a means to an end. While money and wealth are not sufficient for us to lead a good life, they are necessary to enable us to have the good life that we seek. This book is about the infrastructure that handles these "means". For all of us to have a good life, we need this supporting infrastructure.

    Thus, we will discuss topics such as money, wealth, assets, ownership, transactions, payments, lending, borrowing, investments, and mortgages. The Utopian Financial Infrastructure must also deal with international aspects of money. In this context we will discuss gold dollars, fiat currency, mechanisms for fair and balanced foreign trade, visas, international travel, and dual citizenship.

    Utopian Financial Infrastructure details the inner workings of the systems of a Utopian society. With this information, a reader can appreciate how the systems mentioned in Building Utopia accomplish the things that they are designed to accomplish. Explore these ideas and proposals, analyze them, and see if you agree. If a majority of us agree, we can build it. That's the point of a democracy; isn't it?

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