A Victoria man has gone two decades without money
I admire his resolve, though it&#x27;s not something I&#x27;d like to take to the extreme. Spending more time with people who have less money (e.g. CouchSurfing -&gt; BeWelcome, hitchhiking, dumpster diving) has been an immensely rewarding experience.<p>Last week, I heard a message about investment, which said that the 3 ways to store wealth are stocks in companies, bonds in governments, and property (owned by banks or rich people). A few days later, I read about GitLab making it their policy to help people get visas (shouldn&#x27;t that be a government choice?). Privatisation is also taking over police departments, prisons, bus services, etc. I don&#x27;t trust that the shareholders&#x27; best interests are the same as the needs of the people. War helps private companies, at the expense of governments &amp; property. I&#x27;m not hopeful for peace in the next 50 years.<p>What about investing in people? Not saving wealth, but giving it away!<p>People will try hard to save their own lives in a war (and if I die, I don&#x27;t need the return on investment anyway). It&#x27;s a personal contact, so I think it&#x27;s highly resistant to inflation. Building community is, in my opinion, more important than storing up wealth. I guess this view is similar to 關係 guanxi. It&#x27;s democratic: if I do something silly and lose face, then it has consequences. I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s authoritarian communism, where 單位 dictate who you can marry or what kind of job you can do, but a community-focussed lifestyle where newcomers are welcome, and share freely within the group. I&#x27;m still trying to figure this concept out though, so other suggestions of philosophical readings are welcome :)