For the lack of it,  Brazil must level precious forests, with other nations hunt precious whalemeat to survive. Poor people cannot put the environment before their children’s bellies.

And yet,  what  is money?

Money is a promise to redeem the cash of every bearer for its worth in gold or merchandise.

An empty promise.

Should we all demand at once redemption of our coins, we’d learn such wealth does not exist. 

Rich nations honoring each other’s empty promises, assure their mutual credibility … and always with the force of arms to see that everyone believes!

Money is imaginary,

real only if we believe in it.

The PIGS

already know this.

I thought YOU should also.

Words by Alan Moore - taken from comic Miraclemen #16 - where Supermen establish a Utopia on earth and abolish the use of money.

all photos by DROMOMAN.

photo captions :

1 U.S. DOLLAR use to buy 1,7oo,ooo  TURKISH LIRA before the currency abolished SIX ZEROES in 2005.

IN SYRIA,  a majority Arab-Muslim country often at  loggerheads with the west has no misunderstanding when it comes to money. They also speak VISA.

Paper Money is now widely accepted and carry images of NATIONAL interest - including ENDANGERED animals in South African and Brazil, and portraits of EXTINCT people elsewhere.

ASIANS LOVE GOLD -  Although Buddha preached anti-materialism, his big giant and gold image is worshipped at Wat Po in Thailand.

A rare coin in a museum gives a glimpse at what Alexander the Great  (300BC) may have looked like.

An expired Singapore coin with a Crayfish design has become a wearable ART.

The world's favourite currency - The U.S. Dollar is mostly held by Chinese in form of government bonds. Ironically, the currency reads - "In God we Trust."

The Great Financial Collapse/Bailout of 2008/2009, means the PIGS have to be leashed and trillions of dollars vanish into thin air.