abolish money!

[schmevil]

G-20 Protesters Jam London, Target Banks

Thousands of G-20 protesters jammed downtown London on Wednesday and some tried to storm the Bank of England, pelting police with eggs and fruit and rocking the barricades designed to control them.

Demonstrators shouted "Abolish Money!" and clogged streets in the financial district known as "The City" even as Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Barack Obama held a news conference elsewhere in the British capital.

Protesters had branded the day "Financial Fool's Day" ahead of Thursday's summit of world leaders who are gathering in hopes of resolving the global financial crisis that has lashed nations and workers worldwide.

"Every job I apply for there's already 150 people who have also applied," said protester Nathan Dean, 35, who lost his information technology job three weeks ago. "I have had to sign on to the dole (welfare) for the first time in my life. You end up having to pay your mortgage on your credit card and you fall into debt twice over."

Demonstrators hoisted effigies of the "four horsemen of the apocalypse," representing war, climate chaos, financial crimes and homelessness.

NPR.org, April 1, 2009

Abolish money, huh? That'll be received well.

Comments

[outlawpoet.livejournal.com]

It's funny how taking protest slogans literally changes the intended(hopefully) meaning a lot.

To be pedantic, there are actually a few economic theories which have no money-equivalent(at least that citizen see) but I have a feeling that most anti-capitalists wouldn't like them very much. They tend to involve either total command-control economies, pervasive computer mediation, or enforced barter.

Money's just too useful. Even the most gritty deep green survivalist tends to assume it in their ideal future.

[schmevil.livejournal.com]

These things bring out people all over the political spectrum, who happen to agree on a narrow range of issues. Hence the generalized slogans, which are almost without fail, hilarious.

Money's just too useful. Even the most gritty deep green survivalist tends to assume it in their ideal future.

Yeah, this. Only the smallest portion of the protesters actually believe that abolishing money would be a good idea.