1. We Are Not Born to Serve Markets

We are not consumers. We are not units of labor. We are sentient, creative beings – capable of love, wonder, and transformation.

A system that reduces us to our purchasing power, productivity, or profit is not a civilization. It’s a cage with LED lights.

We outgrew the jungle. Now we must outgrow the stock market.

2. Technology Is Not Here to Enrich the Few

The power of science and engineering is sacred. It can:

• Eliminate hunger and thirst.
• Automate boring or dangerous labor.
• Heal the body, the mind, the planet.

But under capitalism, tech becomes a tool for profit, surveillance, and artificial scarcity.

Technology liberates – not exploits.

3. The Earth Is Not a Commodity

You cannot own water. Or air. Or sunlight. Or land. These are not investments. They are life itself.

An advanced society does not monetize the planet.
It cooperates with it.

Nature is not a line on a balance sheet. It’s a partner in survival.

4. Advanced Societies Do Not Use Money

Imagine aliens arriving on Earth.

Would they trade us coins for crops? Would they sue us over copyright? Would they privatize our oceans?

Of course not.

They’d look at our obsession with money and see a species still trapped in fear. Still measuring life in tokens.

When abundance is managed intelligently, money becomes obsolete.

5. Intelligence Is System Design

We have the tools. We have the knowledge.
What we lack is the will to redesign the system.

• Why produce 10 million cars when people need transportation?
• Why grow food for profit when people are hungry?
• Why trap knowledge behind paywalls when it could free minds?

A truly intelligent species would not optimize for GDP. It would optimize for well-being.

6. No More Scarcity. No More Ownership. Only Access.

A Resource-Based Economy doesn’t ask:

“How much can you afford?”

It asks:

“What do you need to thrive?”

Cities, energy, healthcare, education, creativity – freely accessible to all, not hoarded behind price tags.

Ownership is a relic. Access and stewardship are the future.

7. Contribution Replaces Competition

You are not here to “earn your keep”. You are here to explore, grow, help, build, question, and play.

In a post-capitalist world:

• People contribute based on their talents and passions.
• Status comes from service, not accumulation.
• No one starves. No one begs. No one is left behind.

Freedom means freedom from economic coercion.

8. We Don’t Reform Capitalism. We Outgrow It

You cannot “fix” a system designed to exploit.
You can only evolve beyond it.

Capitalism was a phase – like childhood. It helped us scale.
But now it’s time to let go. We must imagine more – and build better.

This is not rebellion. It’s maturation.

We Are Capable of More

More than surviving. More than consuming. More than working until we die.

We are capable of becoming a Type I civilization – one that:

• Uses planetary energy wisely,
• Eliminates war and poverty,
• Sees knowledge as a birthright,
• And lives in harmony with nature and each other.

This is not a fantasy. It is the next logical step – if we choose it.

10. The Future Is Not for Sale

It is to be Shared. Designed. Engineered. Dreamed.
Together.

The economy will not evolve itself.
But we will.

And we will build a world where no one has to ask:

“How will I afford to live?”

Because life itself will no longer be for sale.

„The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.“ – Captain Jean-Luc Picard

„War, poverty, corruption, hunger, misery, human suffering will not change in a monetary system. That is, there will be very little significant change. It’s going to take the redesign of our culture and values.“ – Jacque Fresco

(This manifesto was created with the help of ChatGPT)