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Another $70 Million F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighter Jet Sinks Into Sea During Hegseth’s War
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'The Fix Is In': GOP Wants Poor People to Pay More for Medicaid to Fund Tax Cuts for Wealthy
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Trump is eager to defund Harvard, yet publicly subsidized hate groups get a pass
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🧠 Imagine a world where: There are no rich or poor. No exploitation. No hierarchy. Only time — your life, your work, your contribution — is the only value that matters. 1 hour of your life = 1 hour of work = 1 unit of currency. No money. No capital. Just fairness.
This isn't science fiction. It's the Human Time Economy — a new model for society that could change everything.
🌍 Step 1: Start with Garbage We begin where the world has thrown away its future — on landfills.
From trash, we build resources:
Plastic → bricks Metal → tools and machines Organic waste → energy and fertilizer Wood → fuel and construction material Glass + sand → durable building blocks From garbage, we build communities. From communities, we build cities. From cities, we build a new system.
⏱️ The Core Principle: Time as Value Today’s economy runs on money. But money divides us. It creates inequality, dependency, and fear.
In the Human Time Economy:
Everyone’s time is equal. 1 hour of a janitor’s work = 1 hour of a scientist’s work. You work not to survive — you work to contribute. And when you automate, you earn passive time , not profit. Your time is your worth. Not your bank account. Not your job title. Not your social media following.
Just your life .
💰 How does trade work? Since the outside world still uses money, our communes sell surplus resources (bricks, compost, recycled materials) to the market.
Then, we calculate:
1 Hour = Total Income / Total Hours Worked That becomes the internal "value" of one hour in the system. This keeps things transparent, fair, and sustainable.
⚙️ Automation Is the Goal — Not the Threat In today’s world, automation threatens jobs. In ours, it sets people free .
The more we automate, the less time people need to work. The less time people need to work, the more freedom they have.
Those who develop automation are honored in the “Automators List” — and receive passive time, allowing them to live without working.
Because the goal isn’t endless labor . It’s liberating humanity from survival-based living .
🧬 Why This Isn’t Communism or Capitalism This is neither communism nor capitalism.
No central authority forcing equality. No private ownership hoarding wealth. No artificial scarcity keeping people dependent. It’s something new: A decentralized, post-capitalist model built on fairness, transparency, and technology .
People aren’t forced to work — they choose to, because the system gives meaning to their time.
🧱 Life Inside the Commune Each commune starts small:
4 hours of daily work required (no free-riders) Food, shelter, education, and culture are free All production is circular — nothing is wasted Every person contributes what they can, takes what they need After work?
Learning. Art. Music. Science. Exploration. Because now, people finally have time to become who they were meant to be .
🔭 Where Does This Lead? Imagine a network of communes, all using time as currency. They trade with each other. They innovate together. They grow.
Eventually, this system could replace capitalism entirely — not through revolution, but through evolution .
Why fight over money when we can build a future around time?
Why force people to work when we can automate and liberate?
Why keep exploiting Earth when we can recycle and restore?
🤔 But What About Lazy People? Drunks? Addicts? Yes — some struggle. But in this system, there’s no punishment. Only support. Only healing. Only space to find purpose again.
Because this economy is about people, not productivity .
If someone can’t work, they’re not discarded. If someone makes mistakes, they’re not abandoned.
Because everyone’s time matters .
🌟 Final Thought This is not utopia. This is practical justice .
It’s a system where:
Humans matter more than money. Time is sacred — not just spent, but shared. Technology serves everyone, not just the elite. The planet heals, not burns. People live — not just survive. ❓ Questions for Discussion Could a system like this scale globally? Would people actually accept an economy based on time instead of money? What would happen to traditional jobs, governments, corporations? Could this be the next stage of human civilization? Let’s talk👇
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