money is downstream of power. far, far downstream. shuffle the money around, they'll win it all back +interest in less than a generation. eliminate the money entirely, they will change their operations over to a different status marker, which will become the de-facto currency in-turn. contrary to the marxist lie, there is no political answer--especially in a democracy. the only effective counter is the personal one: self-control, self-denial, the way of the boycott & doing more with less. of the thousands of talking heads we have today, cathy fitts is the only one smart enough to understand this.

Capping material quantity is a fix for overconsumption provided the political system in place is robust enough and has the will to enforce the cap. What I address is solely quantity of material possessions.

altogether ignoring matters of quality