Ep #12 ‘Beyond Trade: An Economy of Sharing’ with Colin Turner of Sharebay

The Moneyless Society Podcast

"Every war of trade becomes a war of blood" -Eugene Debbs

The establishment offers you a trade: you give up your life to generate it’s profit, and in exchange you get a ruined & unlivable biosphere. Sound fair? In this episode we enlist the help of moneyless icon, Colin Turner, founder of Sharebay.org, to dig into the roots of competitive advantage and profit seeking within the mechanics of trade-- how it is no longer necessary or beneficial, and how millions of transactions that leverage advantage over time in constant accumulation have created the massive monopolies that control the world today. We discuss alternatives to trade in systems of sharing, open access, cooperatives, and the sense of meaning and purpose that comes from a voluntary and socially connected way of life beyond transactional advantage. We ask and answers some very big questions in this episode, going deep into the structure of our modes of exchange, the ways that inequality and collapse are built right into capitalism, and why money's got to go.