Tuesday, January 13

A poem about the start of human progress

I imagine this is how the Great Revolution will begin: 

Someone stands up 
at a public gathering, after a terrible crisis, 
and says: 

Here's what I'm going to do.  
I'm going to help.  
And I'm going to help for free.

The only catch is 
that I will only help other people who help for free.

As soon as you pay me it is no longer help.  
It's a service.

And that's a business.  
Which now has profit margins.
And none of that is why I want to help.

Put down your coin, 
and the mental matrix that comes with it.

Let me simply help.
And if you help, 
then I can help you.

And that's how I want humanity to work. 




For a short story about how a help-based community would operate, click here.

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