To God's Glory
Thoughts about a better world's ways.
I have to hold that many people, particularly some elder, may be putting too much analytical equity into things that often generate pitfalls in our present system. Since everyone will likely live their life in the way they see fit, within the realm of possibilities seen; failing communications and less than thorough analysis may be stealing from them the potential to more fully express and glorify God's fuller nature that works in even this crippled creation.
I am not trying to generate a hard fast system. Yet, if we would look at our resource/financial base as being two basic types; among everything else; one might better see what is possible, and how it can be wisely rewarded when executed properly. First I should say that financial systems are just a method to manage our resources as wisely as possible. That said, it might be wisest to look at products as consisting of both, basic substantive resources, and cultivation processes that modify those resources. The key points at the bottom of this analysis is that one cannot work with a negative amount of substantive resources. Yet, IOUs are very possible, (being actually quite common in our present system) for the cultivation processes. One clear example is the Federal Reserve note (our common paper currency). It is actually an IOU between the Federal Government and the Federal Reserve Bank.
When one separates out the substantive resources from that system, then a few things become a bit more obvious. First, given the Declaration of Independence's statement that all men are created equal before God, and thus implying that they should thus be given an equal opportunity; to provide that opportunity each should have the potential to cultivate upon a reasonable amount resource base to express that equality, and glorify God. Do to the fact that we are also just as equally weak by ourselves; we need to be cultivating each other. And wisely analyzed, it is the way to enhance the value of ourselves and the economy as a whole, within a given resource base; and even to make resources more available and sustainable for those (systems) in the future, that can offspring from such an endeavoring spirit.
This tends to bring about a bottom line perspective, where we look at each others potential from the point of view of risks. Moving us to considering how each is able to relate to another part of the system in a healthy way. That being the case, human nature is then moved to cultivate the best in others abilities to relate to another, and any given system, as a healthy whole that only glorifies God's fuller nature.
Admittedly, to execute in its fullest sense, it would likely require a lot of records and assessing to make the system work as one might imagine. And given that our present system is more like one of those “Keep It Simple Stupid” endeavors; we likely have a long way to go. To God's glory, this also implies, that there is great potential in moving to a more refined way of managing our natural and human resources. Doing so also allows the introduction of funds into the system at much lower levels. As the assessing process provides assurance of valued output being properly represented by the funds put into the system to allow it to function is the positive realm.
WAYS THIS MAY WORK OUT IN A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT.
Governments would still likely have to insure there are processes to prevents entities from generating oppressive conditions upon other entities. But given that there would be a natural competitive potential allowed and the tendency to build each other up, government may even get simpler and smaller; perhaps someday even shrinking much of it to lines of code in the analysis processes. Though, removing human and other real feedback would be the ultimate foolishness.
One of the basic things I imagine this would generate would be institutions that compete for the opportunity to work with peoples resources, to enhancement the peoples' potential, focusing on generating and sustaining the local “environment” the investing persons appreciates and finds supportive; while analyzing, as best they can, for such stable realms within the full principles of God's reality. These institutions could function and compete for persons at many levels. Many may likely being formed as a business-education-insurance kind of entity, they could provide a common base for many to work from in an arrangement they find to best reflect realities' ways and needs. They would likely work with all, from the richest, down to the most poorly cultivated, such as those incarcerated, or otherwise put aside, due to their inability to function in the present common system. The ultimate basis that all have to work from is God's laws of reality in the fullest analysis possible as they endeavor toward posterity's health. Their will alway be those managing (or own) large amount of resources. As long as they are satisfying some common need or concern, it would be quite a sustainable state. And there will always be those who will do their best by specializing in what they focus on; and find it best to put management on many things in others hands. In the purest sense though, we are all poor; lacking for ways in what we have in our heart to do. The best we can do is to manage the resources available as best as possible for posterities health. That can include even ourselves the next day or the likes. Ideally though is goes beyond our present physical frames of reference, and is focused in the spirit that sustains us and builds for all benefit, even to eternity.
Back to our present struggling endeavors; in order to insure the value of common currency, these institutions would not only assess the work of those contractually working with them, they could (and likely should) assess the work done through other institutions. When there was common agreement as to the value it generated, the Federal Government would be at a low risk to put funds into the economy to allow that work to be in the positive realm. No doubt errors will occur, yet with clear records of the way things were done, even the information of what does not work can have a future value, in that it can eliminate a repetition of that method being tried again. And possibly, if it is not a precise repeat of a recorded failed endeavor, it should see something of a reward for being validly recorded, and for being kept functionally related to present analysis endeavors. The other thing that likely would come out of such a financial perspective, would be a flexible analysis of anythings value. As long term assessing may show that something actually be more stable, functional and harmonious, etc., than an initial assessment may have determined, and also the reverse can occur, even in part. Errors in analysis that lead to irreversible changes upon a sustaining system, may prove the most costly in the long run. So the conversations generated in competing for peoples' resource 'investment' may be the most valuable result generated. I personally see the sustainability of farms at risk. Most people have little idea of what they are actually buying into, presently. Those in other businesses have similar points to present in their dealings also.
And probably the most significant factor that would likely come out of it would be the conclusion that some of God's gifts, such as a gifted skill or even nature's generations are beyond our present ability to fully compensate or evaluate in any human financial system. Thus they will likely have to see their fullest rewards in heaven's fuller expressions. Though men, cultivating systems that record and analyze how they functioned so well can be a culture's parallel to it, with its due respect for God's fuller rewards. This will always struggle in our ability to determine the full effects of things. So again, values may change; and much may only be there by having slipped a camel through the eye of a needle, so to speak.
Even noting our limitations, refined financial management tools may still function reasonably acceptably. For as humanity's heart and mind, is enlightened, endeavoring to look through the purest of its heart and logic, can glorify God greatness that goes beyond our ability to describe. Thus even putting the financial system in its place, under God, like everything else in creation. And often being gifted in such honesty it allows one to more validly analyze again, and thus enabling a new vision and more improvement.
Even the renown Jesus, once said, “...he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sits at meat, or he that serves? Is not he that sits at meat? But I am among you as he that serves.” [LUKE 22:26-27]
