When will we ever learn, eh? Here we are in the 21st Century still suffering with the same old dynamic that has plagued civilization from its start.

The lust for power is the bane of human existence. Both national systems are totally dominated by the overwhelming desire for dominion--here, there, and everywhere.

For millennia humanity has been turning to religion for an antidote to the lust for power. Karl Marx rejected religion, but sought a way to appropriate dominion for 'the proletariat'. Liberalism as an approach to the governance of society has proven to be inadequate.

Perhaps we should give real justice a chance--where the ethic of justice is strictly rational, with no beliefs involved at any point. That would take us "Beyond Liberalism" (here in Medium, but not behind the paywall).

With this approach to justice, money--everyone's favorite source for power and the necessary source of power to acquire what we need--would not be under the control of any person, committee, or organization. As currency, it would come into existence without debt, would flow into the economy at the 'bottom', in the form of an income paid to eligible citizens (where any adult citizen could become eligible for it).

Don't freak out, anyone. There would be no redistribution of anything and no limit on income/wealth--but we could eliminate all taxes/public debt. Sustainability would be increased--without additional regulations.

The eligibility for that income could one day be expanded to include everyone employed in any business or government. That would mean no more using others to acquire money/power for oneself.

This monetary paradigm could be adopted today--with a single legislative Act--by any nation or any group of nations, to include (eventually) all nations. Imagine: all nations with a single currency and the same minimum standard of living (not less than a sufficient income in the richest nation in existence).

At long last, the lust for power could finally have met its match.