The man who quit money
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- čas přidán 10. 02. 2014
- Meet Daniel Suelo. He's been living without money for 12 years.
While it may seem a little Extreme to say the least, I'm sure we can find a middle ground. He has a very unique perspective which I believe we can all learn from.
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Money makes people slaves. It pushes us to feel that it is ok to overpower others. He is a runaway slave. Love this guy. Keep running free man. One day we will be one with you.
@Joshua Rogers yes we are. you are so right
Money is just money. It is a means of human symbolic exchange. All relationships involve some form of exchange of energy. Money is trees made flat and metal made round.
We humans attribute so many things to money. The important thing is to know that you can have everything and have nothing or have nothing and have everything. I'm rich and no little or great amount of money changes that. The things I am rich in money can't buy and lack of money can't remove.
I will be the one too
Mr. Suelo is a philosopher confronting the insanity of our culture.
What a truly insane culture it is. At this point they've got modern debt slaves defending slavery. If people only knew how fucked up the system really is.
+Jared Holm You are absolutely correct, and when you explain a few things to others they act as if you are crazy but it's fine, not everyone wake up at the same time.
Brad Reed
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A man living his ideals. Rare and beautiful. More power to him!
This is one of the best videos on You Tube . After watching this I gave a 30 day notice at work and quit. I now live like I'm on a camping trip at my home next to the forest and I love it!
What climate are you living in?
What I notice about the off grid people is that they are humble people.
I’m not seeing that at all. I’m seeing an arrogant man who doesn’t respect the value of the work he’s skimming
He’s not living without money, just externalizing costs onto others. If he were truly self sufficient he would hunt and/or farm for himself, not use roads, nor interact with society or anything we have paid for with taxes in any way. He’s a mooch!!!
O-I-C-U disolve I agree and know a few who live like this 24/7
@@NStreit04 yes, I’m with you! I see these people/this movement as simply people who moooch.
Is he taking the “gift” of food stamps??
It all SOUNDS wonderful but they are mooching snobs who look down on those of us who work hard, save our money and are able to pay cash for our home!!
@@TheAAnne123 Daniel doesn't use food stamps, ever.
"we devalue nature because its free "
Har Sangeet right because nature has no voice. The EPA in the USA is the most important branch of government. We are running out of nature.
Free is good
Har Sangeet
And not only is it free...
"It's Mine".
Quantum Leap 😂😂😂
Nature is our greatest gift!
If everyone lived this way... there would be so much abundance... Very courageous of this man.
Awake and Aware, Few people Know!
I am living a similar life style...but find a life partner has been my hardest difficulty since most women seem to be money addicts.
Well, it would be no growth. No industry. No medicine. No advancements. A lot of death. Etc etc.
Dinesh M I know what you mean, i am a women that just wants to travel but it seems the men around me are only into money and who has more.
ventende
You're wrong.
This dude makes nothing but sense..I may emulate him someday.
I really want to do this....not because I can't find a job, I am resourcefull, not because I can't afford my living, I can manage a low income with all the "luxury" benefits included (clothes, going out, a vacation once in a while). I want this life because this is living. I can barely accept the fact that the work I do revolves around money, buying and selling stuff to people that do the same. I feel this is certain death. You can't truly live those 8 hours a day you work for a company. You are dead. You don't see, smell, taste or interract with free will, you are "working" and live in your "spare time". 8 hours a day you are not living, therefore you could say you are dead
Sketch Meyer Yes, we sell our time on this earth (LIFE) by the house to pay for things we mostly don't need.
I'm going to live ina. Van..and experience true freedom..I can't keep living the same Slave life everybody eles is living
Sketch Meyer I want to live off the grid so bad. I will eventually. I hate being in the matrix. I've just applied for a job that I really don't want. But I have a debt to pay. I made some dumb choices at 18 19 20. I've learned from those mistakes but now I'm paying for it literally. I have this fuck it mentality, I don't wanna pay back shit. lol but how silly is that. I have to take responsibility. sigh. I've never liked working. I've always felt it was a waste of my life. No freedom I have to plan my life around my job. Ask for time off. Ask for someone to cover my shift. It's obsurd. Plus dealing with a large variety of people through the day gives me anxiety. The stress and negativity that comes with the job drags me down. It sucks the life from me. It pisses me off that I have to pay back money that someone created out of thin air. But then again it was my actions. I just wish I knew then what I know now. I would have never borrowed money. I would have never bought a car. So now I have to sell my soul for a good year or two to pay this money back. Going to do my best to stay positive and motivated. I hope the world does change though. I hope one day money will be a thing of the past.
Ksus Susk enlighten me. show me the way.
Sketch Meyer yes everything your saying is true I may not be a adult and I may not have a job but that’s something a realized a long time ago and i wish more people would realize this.
I have totally felt the same way all my life. It's so validating to hear someone speak what I have been feeling but couldn't put my finger on it. I dream of a world without money. Thank you!
That world without money sadly the digital footprint is coming and we need not to accept that. We need to do do what Daniel has done and let go of everything
This man has truly understood the meaning of life and universe.
This man is going to outlive us materialistic bastards.
No he isn't lol. Ever though about the fact that the live spam in the west has increased so dramatically in the past centuries BECAUSE we stopped doing what this loser is doing...
Either way lifespan isn't what matters, it's quality over quantity. You ever stopped to think that because this guy isn't working all day, shopping, paying bills, etc. He has already gained decades of life that you waste away.
Quantum Leap that was deep
People lived without money for thousands of years, and bartered and traded, even accepted gifts if it suited them. I don't know why everyone thinks this is such a novel concept.
yes, plenty tribes today in Amazon, Africa, Asia, lives without money. Also, do the Amish not use money? They make almost everything by hand, but they also sometimes trade what they make with modern economy.
Yes,but they have a communities and structureal lands to fall back too.
Chi Chu that is true. Many people living in cities, and towns barely own any land. In fact the super rich in USA buy up all the good land, along with Mineral and Resource rights. Americans think because they have a home they achieved American dream. But since they cont. to pay taxes on their homes, they are just slaves to people up the totem pole.
sure. they traded you and your daughters lol. You just see the pretty picture. If we lived thousands of years ago we would either be slaves or burned alive for our sins. It wasn't as pretty as you'd like to imagine
I currently own a rental property, in a not so great neighborhood. I once was part owner of a restaurant for short time while working as engineer. I do know all the expenses of owning home and businesses. If I wasn't pressured by family to buy, I probably wouldn't even own that Rental property.
Good to see a person living the way the creator intended. No mortgages, no utility bills, and a more hunter gatherer lifestyle. No more supporting banks and their monetary greed. I love the idea of being free - living in a beautiful earth spot...and living like you in your cave. Remember Gilligan's Island? Lifestyle there was nice too...until they were rescued. Good on you!
Elizabeth Wallace, The main reason this guy is living without bills is probably because someone is letting him live in their home, feeding him, clothing him and paying for his medical care to boot!
@@theutopianoutopioan464 where do you see any of that dumbass ?
Thanks Daniel, you are brave and correct! I have made large amounts of money from very honest work but found the price for keeping it my very soul... so I too began to give it away. Then suddenly, people in the system disregarded me as unproductive and useless to them. I was a highly educated Ferrari mechanic, a business owner of a Hardwood flooring outfit, both jobs of which cost me great effort but I found the ROI in quality of life (peoples gratitude) aloof and empty; I went traveling the World. I am far richer in true experience than Bill Gates;
Salvato Di ermoci good on you. You are far richer than Bill Gates.
your coment is so inspiring
While we moved away from being a hunter and gatherer, and built "civilization" and saw ourselves as having progressed, in reality, nothing has progressed, nothing...
Nothing has progressed, and we are evolving into a lower state. Unfortunately, this wouldn't have happened if there weren't the greedy few pulling the strings. People like him were around thousands of years back, all have been saying the same thing. Money is the root of all evil, it promotes greed and selfishness. Fuck Babylon.
zabuzathesexy
Totally agree with you. Those few powerful people will be the death of us.
Agree
daniel harvey iv digiver Thank you brothas, even though this world is turning into a man made hell let's give it our best shot and try to turn this world into a better place. Wish the best of luck to y'all
zabuzathesexy
Try we shall!
I actually tried to live like him for 4 or 5 years it's a hard life, but that being said he is a wise man
I'm confused by the society I live in I just don't have the guts it would take to walk out
Great risk holds great reward.
You don't need guts to educate yourself or others in the alternative groups supporting getting rid of money- TUCS/TVP/NEN
Get rid Of Money
Your right, but it takes a lot of courage to trust in GOD and walk out on the only life you have ever known but I'm getting closer by the day. I am changing but not with this world!
Greed and materials are evil. Instead, save it in banks to save suffering people.
Thats too bad- your Uncle Jed would.
His mentality its very inspiring. Yes his choice and dedication would be extremely difficult to follow in this day and age but every point he has made is completely comprehensible. Society has trained us to perceive him as Looney beggar yet there is soo much truth in his philosophy. The planet belongs to all of us so it our choice as to how we spend our time here. When you die, will your contribution to this earth leave it better or worst?
Agreed!
It is not difficult in this day an age, people eat more than their body needs, they get more clothes and shoes than we know what to do with it. Everything is in excess. 20 pairs of shoes, 20 shirts, dozens of pants. 3 tvs in the house, 3 -4 cars per home ???!! WTF....
why would it be difficult in this day and age? it was only 12 years ago! lol! I did the same thing twice, before I was 25 and now I'm thinking of doing it again. The hardest part is letting go.. I came back because I missed the easy life and now I miss the free life. It's your own choice, no one else to blame. In the city I get depressed but in nature I miss my heater and the comfort of running water and lightning with a single push on a button. "This day and age" lol. Stop blaming other things. I could do it when I was 14 and when I was 21. I chose to live in and from nature and I chose to come back, willing to be a slave to society for an easy and lazy life. Good to know the 14 year old me was less of a crybaby than most people. I didn't blame it on anyone. You can leave anytime you want. Pack your bags and go. "This day and age" hahahhaah
is there anyone with a family that has done this? lot easier when is just yourself.
+Douglas St. Giles does he accept dumpster garbage in lieu of royalties? if not, don't waste my time with phoney balonies
He says it all as it is. However, by looking at some of the comments below, I doubt that many actually understand what he is trying to convey.
Thank you, Daniel ! Namaste !
Much respect to this man, he gets it. Would love to see him on Joe Rogan experience.
Daniel Suelo makes me want to be a better person.
***** Because jobs are jails, and most of them help destroy the world.
***** What the hell are you spewing about? No one forces you to go to work? Huh? WTF? Are you independently wealthy? If not, then you have to work..in order to earn something called money. You know? That thing your landlord demands? That thing the grocery store demands, that thing your dentist demands? Dude, please tell me your troll. Nobody is this stupid....nobody.
***** You said work is voluntary. I pointed out how it is not. You then changed the subject to trade and economics. Please explain how work is voluntary.
***** Lol...What utter bullshit. If you did not work, you wouldn't get paid. If you didn't get paid, you would not have any money. If you don't have any money, you can't buy food, clothing or shelter. If you can't buy food, you don't eat. If you don't eat, you die. Therefore if you don't work, you die. In other words, no choice. Ergo, not voluntary. Slavery is forced labour, by definition. Forcing people to work, because if they don't, they will die....is slavery.
And you wouldn't have any savings to live off of in the first place if you hadn't worked. You also wouldn''t have any money to move to a third world country.
I'm shocked at the level of your IQ. You have to be a troll, since nobody can be this stupid.
***** Nobody's forcing a carpenter to build me a house. Like me, and like you, the carpenter is being forced to work to earn money. Just like I am forced to work to buy a computer that I am forced to use to look for jobs. Your examples are a silly attempt at ideological spin.
Money isn't the problem greed is the problem
+Andrew Poston but greedy for what power thats not real power
+xIFez why you just said doesn't make sense
Andrew Poston money is the problem becouse you pay tax and the goverment use that tax to bomb other countrys to kill innocent civilians
Andrew Poston we all are responsible for human suffering
we have to admit it if we are honest with our selfs
I find the music in this video to be too much in the 'foreground' and greatly distracting. Music is lovely but best to eliminate it and just have David speaking or use acoustic only music.
I know, right? Glad I’m not the only one.
Agree. I had to stop watching it because it was just too distracting. Looked him up on other youtube videos.
He hasn't given up living without money -- he's given up living without _his own_ money.
Nobody has their own money. Everyone answers to either the banks or the reserve. Unnatural. "Making money" is misleading. People take it as a bribe.
There is nothing wrong with technology or going to the doctor or trying to cure chronic illnesses, what's wrong is trying to keep old people alive when they just want to go, this is one brave man, I agree with most of what he says
If you live a healthier life style you can live healthier longer. So exercise more maybe gardening, riding a bike instead of driving a car everywhere. Eat more natural food instead of over processed food and soda pop when drinking water is healthier.
How I wish I could live like this, free with no money. . . Respect my brother
It's easy to see this guy as looney but when the mirror is facing us and our lifestyles....?
Yup yup yup
It's a impossibility for a person like him to be Looney for the very fact that that he quit using money because he understood that it was an illusion and only a disease mind would think that money has value,
He understood all that,
But like you said when the mirror is back on society the real Looney are the walking Dead that walk among us that laughbly believes in there disease mind that a piece of paper has value,
It is humanity that's Looney,
This man is a genius compare to this sick species
"Behold the lilies in the field; they neither sow nor reap..."
It must be so empowering to live this way, to trust the flow of life and just BE. So many have said that through "losing" everything they found themselves, their true authentic self.
Imagine a world without the profit motive, where no one owns anything, yet everyone owns everything. In order for this to occur the cancer of ego on humanities consciousness must be dissolved. People need to become human again.
I cried because I am SO grateful. Thank you SO much for sharing your wisdom! I needed to hear this, thank you! 😊❤️🙏🏼
This is great what this guy has done. But people need to learn and get their terms and definitions correct.
We don't have or use Money - We have and are forced to use Currency. Money will retain its value through time, Currency does not. The Federal Reserve (not Federal or a reserve) Notes you use every day have no true value, its all perceived. And They have lost 98% of their value since 1913 via Inflation (hidden Tax). Gold and Silver have retained their value - 20 oz today will still buy what it did back in the 1910's and before - That is money.
Unless you were born before 1913 You have never had or used Money - Only Debt Slave notes made up out of thin air by criminal bankers.
Check out ' The Venus Project '. The choice is ours.
The man who founded The Venus Project is a genius!
money is evil... quitting it is the best idea you can have
Money is not evil it is just a means of exchange. Easier to carry money to exchange than bags of potatoes and onions.
We will all have an opportunity soon to do it his way,and most of us will fail. There is a debt and currency crises and when their bubbles burst, what will we do with our credit cards and cash? We all have a lot to learn from this naturalist who is putting his life in the hands of his Creator.
we are thousands of yrs away from such an perfect way of living unfortunitly
This guy is awesome. I wish I had more people like this in my life.
Love the way he sees the world
yeah thats very rare today imagine if we could do an experiment in one random town with around 20,000 people about them giving up money for a week everyone would feel as free as the Early Egyptians did as philosophers, story tellers of different lands and Archaeologist
We'd all see the world the same if it weren't for our egos that cloud everything up.
I love this....Thank you ♡
+Mama Khemmy Flowers So do I sister. We are raised from birth to follow this general rule of being the first to graduate from a major university, the first to be the strength of the family, etc, etc, Ad Nauseam...I really think this was based off of the old issue of blacks supporting (monetarily) their families etc. I have a Love of nature and the world. Against Fracking, and anything else that destroys my/our home. I want my children to have a beautiful place to live as I did, but after high school had been so trained I ignored it...I am back now to who I was after even fishing in Central Park before fishing in Central Park was not allowed....with a big A.@# sign in the middle....I didn't care...told a horseback officer where I was from and he left me alone....I was 13, but he read in my tears who I was...Willing to work, but don't want to be a slave to the work for money.
I so totally agree with and love Daniel's description of living in faith and how everything comes as we need it!
I love how he speaks of the natural economy of the earth, how beneficial, freely giving happens constantly in nature, and to live in gratitude. So inspiring! Thank you!
I have been immersed in the Coast Salish "Native American'" culture for over 25 years. The traditional economy of this culture is based on the peschelt, also known as 'potlatching.' This is an economy centered around 'giving.'
This traditional economy was intentionally outlawed and literally made illegal in the US (Along with First Peoples being forbidden and physically punished at boarding schools when children attempted to speak their traditional languages.
First People's were legally banned from practicing this traditional way of sharing and giving. In Coast Salish peschelt culture (Also called potlatch culture) people accumulate things by harvest, handcrafting, trading. and buying necessities such as food, blankets and housewares in addition to other gifts in order to store these up in preparation for giving to others through potlatch celebrations.
Hereditary chiefs, community leaders, have the biggest responsibility to give to the community. Material things are seen to be merely representative of spiritual wealth and love. What is most important is how one gives to others. Giving and receiving is an art form.
In this traditional peschelt economy, status and wealth comes not by what a person accumulates, rather but by how you contribute to community.
In traditional Salish language, there is no word in the culture for "I" there is only the word "we." Different tones are used to communicate who is being referred to.
The core understanding is that 'we' are together as an interdependent community. where giving and receiving is part of the natural flow of living.
I think it's clear that Daniel's choice reflects well thought out values. His main message seems to be that money shouldn't be our motivation, but rather we should have a more direct relation with our world and each other that reflects what we really are. The belief that money is value actually diminishes our satisfaction in life, as opposed to the conventional belief that says more money = more hapiness.
Of course the lifestyle that he chose does not and cannot change the whole system in which we live. So yes, money was still involved somewhere along the line when it comes to the things he needs to survive (except those gotten directly from nature). But this fact does not invalidate the values he has and is expressing through his lifestyle. Also, if our system is going to change, then it will take people like Daniel who are first willing to go against the grain (not necessarily do the exact same thing he's doing).
So it seems the people here who are saying he's just hypocritical or unrealistic simply aren't understanding the message or perhaps feel their own values are being threatened.
This guy is awesome! Where can i give a donation??
Jepppedk To his bank acc
Gerard Mc Auley wow, what a douche comment that is! ever hear of karma? bet you get bit in the ass alot! if i came across him i would be honored to buy him a meal or two. you do good you receive good back, it isnt instantly but it does happen.
im 16 and that thought just hit me that you shouldnt waste your life doing work for someone else to earn money money and more money, i wanna live freely and peacfuly but im scared that this thought will fly away and i become another one in this horrible system. i really dont want to care what i will wear what hearstyle should i have but somehow something forces me to be like everybody in this sociality and to make someone like my clothes or flex on somebody.. but its really doesnt matter how can't everybody see this. its sad that every parent teaches their kids from young age and puts in their heads that 'you should be part of this system'. its sad and im so lucky to get that in so young age. thank you
Like this guy. Totally agree with the OPs point of looking for that middle ground. Everyone needs to work to help eliminate waste. Used to work as a kid at McDonald's and saw $300 worth of food thrown out almost daily while reading about people starving. It's ridiculous.
I would have enjoyed this more if that music wasn't in the background.
Or very low.
This shows why we should have (UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME).
jal em, Universal Basic Income sounds awesome in theory, but, as with all existing welfare programs, the government would have to steal money from the productive people to pay for it.
We are trapped in Babylon and when this system falls, we will all live like this brother whether we like it or not!
I still believe he is living lower than he has to. But I'm an dreamer. I am working to get in his position so I can prove it to my self.
This man thinks just like me, the only difference is I'm only 16.
This guy inspires me so much.. a world without money would be beautiful
Caleb Fiene Eating from trash cans.
Rusty Shacklford Growing your own food which he should've done
"if i can overcome what other think then i can overcome anything" wow such a inspiration!!
(we started with a friend yesterday to give 11 sleeping bags to people sleeping on the sidewalks of Paris)
I am continuously learning and APPLYING this principle of gratitude and adding massive value :) (as a man thinketh, so is he.)
even though honesly *I don't know how I would be able to eat something if I did not receive money by helping.*
"the ultimate currency is the feeling you get when you give" -Jim carrey
I love this concept. to the people saying this is lazy, i'm guessing you have never tried living in the woods without food. it takes more time and dedication compared to just going to the store and buying stuff. I feel this is a hard way to go. for it's one of those things that once you do it there usually is no way of coming back.
The music is annoying!
This is Brilliant! Thank you so much for a genuine, heartfelt and deeply thoughtful conversation. Blessings.
This man makes some truly beautiful observations. "If I can overcome what other people think, I can overcome anything." "Joy comes from within." Making an art of being... awesome. Very inspiring man.
His concept, is profound. It definitely have me considering my way of life.
Where is Mr. $40 million dollar Joel Osteen? What are his comments on this? Haha...he's probably out promoting another one of his books for $24.99 plus S+H.
I so agree with him... He is the most spiritual person I hv ever heard on CZcams
All respect this guy is a true free spirit am sure he enjoys every breath he takes
Ugh, that background music is just awful!!!
arcaneone i liked it as well
+arcaneone Open your mind brother...signed "The son of a musician."
+Ryver Hyker The music often obscures what he says. I would be preferably lowered, but it's a bit too loud, kina.
+arcaneone I TOTALLY AGREE! HOW IRRITATING!, Yes, I know it sounds like I am yelling with the caps on, but that is how I feel I have to express myself to overcome the horrific ugly mantra sounds in the background. I was not able to actually concentrate on what he was saying. A classic satanic ploy.
+Frances Seychelles Christians should NOT listen to mantras
I freakin love Suelo
"Only after the last tree has been cut down,
only after the last river has been poisoned,
only after the last fish has been caught,
only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten." ~ The Cree People
This is possibly the most wonderful video I have watched ever. Perfectly put I to words everything I have been trying to put together in my head. Very excited to build on this in my own life.
You have to shift value and reassign it in order to access control. Our values dictate our actions. Having our values redirected since birth allows an installment of a false belief in hierarchy. Instead of seeing the truth, that all things on Earth are part of a balance and therefore have equal importance and equal value to all other things, we place value on a false concept of hierarchy and shift our self value downward and place others above us. This is done intentionally. The root of all evil isn't money. It's the concept of hierarchy. Money is just a tool that supports dependencies on this hierarchy so that one group can control resources and control access to those resources over another group.
More power to u my friend ....The system is corrupt and its all about the money , natural living is the best and gives u peace of mind ....x
Nature and world works without money but on energy.
Energy !!
maybe the most relaxing video on the internet
Great video and good questions with good sensible answers. Label him what you want. Nature doesn't label, she is just.
'we've lost touch' he says..couldnt be said better!....wake up my little ming mongs!..wake up now
Common misconception #6 - I don't want to give things up.
The truth - Every family in the world would have food, water, shelter, transport. Science, technology, education would effectively have unlimited funding
I urge everybody to listen to this man. He has connected with the Universe. Hipsters, dumpster divers, gadget addicts, career trolls, city rats, coffee culture aficionados, misguided people in general, this man's advice is for you.
the comments are so ego based.
inlakesh into me I see you, ego based and also in the dark to what could be, can be.
I wanna live off the grid
Saiga Legacy can you hunt can you fish can you not eat food for most of the wither do you have a crook judgment can you make a wood dimension to build a shelter can you go without talking to people can you skin deer rabbits can you sew up your wounds can you keep warm can you light a fire using the bow and drill method can you sub satin out there no tole it paper and I have a lot more shit that you need to consider
when there is no challenge people can't feel accomplished and become depressed
Let's all take a stand and start livibg the way Daniel is living. Living free and iff grid
Why is he mocking everybody else does he thing he is better than us ?
predvcecerom I don't "thing" he does at all, Maybe you should ask yourself why you would interpret his message in such a way? Just a thought
Cheers
predvcecerom Why do you feel insulted by his beliefs? Did you actually "choose' to live with a money-based system, or were you simply born into a world where this system was already in place?
He is rejecting this unnatural, human constructed money-based system, not the people who are forced to live within it.
predvcecerom if thats what you hear
***** True, I am 55 and I felt the system we live under is oppressive and unnatural. I don't get the point of stockpiling tons of money. Everything we do is a concept of man, think about our three meals a day. We work for money to pay for a car to get to work, then we take our pay and pay for the house we live in, round and round, silly.
ann korn, it's funny when you really stop and think about it :)
money its self is fine, its the debt system that is at fault, greedy Jbanks always want more money, if you give money to a country that you know will not be able to pay it back, you essentially control the country.
+arisemylove33 exactly, money has only an imaginative value given by the mind but in reality it plays no role with life. it doesnt support life, is dead paper. its worthless. gold and silver are valuable only in the use of tools but given a number value again is insanity. water,air, shelter,food, love,friendship,family,self love, unity, respect, etc all are valuable and make life thrive.
+TheRealDeal There can be no money without debt. the two are the same.
Money itself is not fine at all. In fact the concept of ownership itself could be our undoing. This entire empire is founded on the notion of unlimited resources. This is a runaway process headed for shitville.
+leather rubedo The concept of ownership rewards hard work. Yes there is corruption in the system, but money is what allows companies to develop medicines, alternative energy sources, and more productive ways to grow food. If it wasn't for imperialism our technology would be much worse, and the human life span would be much shorter than it is today.
You don't give money to a country, you lend it to a government. If the people don't let the government get into debt it can't be controlled.
Hats off to you Daniel, you are walking the walk. It's always refreshing to see someone who has dissolved their ego to the extent that they can see the connected reality of our place with nature and the other. The profit motive has in fact polluted every facet of modern life.
15:25 - 15:50 is the answer everyone is looking for. That is how you become happy. Stop caring about what others think, society has creeated a mind game on us that we need to break from. Hell, my wife and I are. We live in Oregon currently, I am 26 and my wife is 20, we are leaving everything behind and doing the same thing this guy is doing. We start our journey at the end of January 2018 and will be documenting it and uploading it to my channel for anyone that is interested.
all summer long I felt like the bear eating raspberries; language is so money-influenced: paid back, worth, loss, debt, credit, balance, big deal, trust, shares, invest, pay, buy, purchase, economy, free, waste, numbers, insurance, bank account, bankruptcy, ...
Mari Loh not credit.....credit score! like we're a bunch of children playing a game. I guess in a sense, we are.
Dear Editor:
Have you read the book, The Man Who Quit Money? I have. It was written by a man from Missoula, Montana, Mark Sundeen. In TMWQM, Mark Sundeen writes about Daniel Suelo who, supposedly, lives in a cave outside of Moab, Utah, without any income at all, using no money, of his own freewill, and survives! This is far from the truth. Daniel often goes to the public library in Moab to use the Internet. Daniel often hitches rides here and there using the public road and a Good Samaritan’s fuel. However, Daniel does not consider these activities as using money, even though he is consuming a public goods (library computer and Internet) and private goods (the Good Samaritan’s car and fuel.) Daniel Suelo has some mumbo-jumbo philosophy that allows him to consume all public goods and any private goods from “friends” as long as he accepts with gratitude. Let me make this clear: In Daniel Suelo’s mind, all the people in the world can live freely, as long as we give to one another and accept with gratitude. What a bunch of malarkey! If a person uses a public good (a road, the library, attending a museum, whatever), then that person is using money. This isn’t up for debate. Yes, the money is tax-payers’ money so the money is being consumed indirectly, in the form of taxes, but money is being consumed nonetheless. And, anyone who accepts “gifts” from others (private goods from “friends”) is still CONSUMING, even if he or she accepts with gratitude. Daniel Suelo cannot see these truths. Daniel Suelo still insists he uses no money. Thus, Daniel Suelo is delusional. Also, Daniel Suelo often “house sits” for friendly supporters, using their home, sleeping in their beds and eating their food while his supporters are elsewhere. But, according to Daniel, he is not using any money. Remember, this consumption is allowed, as long as he accepts with gratitude. Suelo’s delusional mind should be clear to rational people. What is terrible and very troubling is that Daniel Suelo, along with the help of writer Mark Sundeen, is spreading this delusional malarkey to other people. In effect, Daniel Suelo and Mark Sundeen are lying to these people, enticing these innocent and gullible individuals to give up the striving of life, to leave the money system, to live like the great one, Daniel Suelo, the prophet, free of money. This is disgusting. Daniel Suelo is an egomaniac perpetrating his myth into weak and impressionable people, not only in the USA but around the world. Why? Why do you think? To get a following. Once on his Facebook page, Daniel Suelo said that he remembers when he was five years old, standing in his crib, holding onto the bars. There, in that moment, he had a vision, a vision that said he was going to be a LEADER OF A MOVEMENT. Ha! I am not making this stuff up. It is there. Go to his FB page and research it. You might have to go back some time, circa spring 2013. Anyway, really, who sees such visions at five years old? Budding egomaniacs; that’s who, maybe a David Koresh. In writing his sympathetic biography of Daniel Suelo, TMWQM, Mark Sundeen has not only endorsed Daniel Suelo’s lies but romanticized his lifestyle and encouraged others to attempt to live thus, to attempt to live free of money. The writer Mark Sundeen knew and associated with Daniel Suelo BEFORE the writing of his book, TMWQM. This leads one to believe that Mark Sundeen knew good and well that Suelo’s ideas would be appealing to many, and this appeal would make Mark Sundeen much money. How ironic?!!! Mark Sundeed writes a book about a prophet who lives his life without money in order to make money for himself!! Now, I am not some Ayn Rand, selfish tea-bagger. I have been a lifelong liberal and understand the incredibly difficult path to becoming financially secure in this life. Even in today’s modern world, equality and opportunity are still myths. One’s birth is the greatest indicator of financial success, a greater indicator than ambition or even IQ. Nearly half of the world’s population lives on less than two dollars a day. About 40 percent of the USA population lives from one paycheck to the other. Considering these dismal truths, I would love for a human being to be able to live without money, to live in a beautiful utopian world, to live as John Lennon once sang in his song IMAGINE: nothing to kill of die for, with no heaven above us, no hell below, no possessions, in a brotherhood of man. Ha! Yea, John Lennon was a dreamer, beautiful, but a dreamer nonetheless. That life is just not going to happen. Even in the old Soviet Union the idea was not to live completely without money. Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky were not that stupid, so stupid to try to pull such a ridiculous idea over the heads of the people. Can you imagine Vladimir Lenin saying: “We can live free! Using no money!” The people would not have been deceived. So, Lenin and Trotsky told a partial live. “We can live equal!” This partial lie didn’t turn out too well, even though North Korea and Cuba (not China) are still continuing with such pretense. The world is rough, and this rough world is established on money. Money is the proof that we are physical beings. Money is proof that our existence is not only spiritual, as the prophet Daniel Suelo would like to convince people, people whom he hopes will become his new disciples. Once again, let me be very clear: An utopian society of life-without-money is complete BULLSH@#. There will never be a way to live COMPLETELY without money. If you use public goods, then you are using money indirectly. If you “house sit,” you are using someone else’s money. Sure, there are minimalist, people who choose to live with the bare essentials, (remember Henry David Thoreau), and there are people who just glean off of society, people whom John Lenin’s buddy, Paul McCartney, might have been referring to when Paul sang: got a good reason, for taking the easy way out… These people don’t bother me, either one, the minimalist or the person who has sort of just checked out. I understand they are fed up with the money system. However, do not lie to me and say you live with NO MONEY! In his book TMWQM, author Mark Sundeen did not ask any real difficult questions to Daniel Suelo. Sundeen was definitely not working as an objective journalist or and objective biographer. Remember, Daniel Suelo and Mark Sundeen have known each other for many years. They were friends before this book was written! Such a friendship automatically produces a biased book, a biased book in favor of Daniel Suelo’s mythical life. Sundeen’s angle was clear. He wanted to romanticize Daniel Suelo as much as he could in order to sell books. Someone in the Missoula community needs to contact Mr. Sundeen and ask him a simple question: “Do you really believe that Daniel Suelo is living without any money?” If Mark Sundeen says, yes, then Mark Sundeen is a liar. If Mark Sundeen says, no, then Mark Sundeen is knowingly glorifying a charlatan, a charlatan who is seducing young people from around the county into a fake life, a life that cannot be lived, a life where one day the convert will wake up and ask: “Why have I been wasting my life?” Of course, the prophet Daniel Suelo would say, “You are not wasting your life, you are living your life freely.” Yea, you are living your life “freely” if you can find some “friends” who will let you “house sit” during the winter months like the great guru, Daniel Suelo, does. People, do not be deceived! Do not join Daniel Seulo’s, Moneyless Tribe, his group of disciples who, day by day, are becoming just as delusional as their leader, accepting his indoctrination. The Moneyless Tribe is Daniel Suelo’s cult. Daniel Suelo’s Moneyless Tribe is not like Occupy Wall Street which was trying to bring attention to outrageous CEO pay and the corruption in the banking system. No, Daniel Suelo’s Moneyless Tribe just wants to live outside of the system, the system of money. There is a problem, NO ONE can exists COMPLETELY outside the system of money. Daniel Suelo is really a Freegan, a person who does not want to live in our consumerism society, a person who wants to glean off of the leftovers, the kind of person Beatle Paul McCartney sung about. This is fine with me. Just tell the truth. Stop with your malarkey. Stop with your lies.
Delbert Blanton
Kokomo, Indiana
There is a bigger picture. Pretend money never existed as it once didn't. Everyone would be working to produce what the world needs and swapping good/services back and forth within a highly evolved logistics process. End of story.
Delbert, what you say may all be true, but he does have a message that has some validity. You think you could live as he does? I agree the main message that there is a problem with the money system the way it's organized now -- that is, capitalism. We would have a much better society if the greater reward for our efforts went to the good of all rather than our personal coffer. In other words, socialism, though this is over simplifying the issue, and creating a fair system in a socialist society is the challenge.
Tom Calarco You are a pure liberal, believing in socialism. I am not a pure liberal but lean strongly to your side. I am glad that you can see the many holes in anyone's claim that he or she lives completely without the use of money, directly or indirectly. The writer Mark Sundeen has deceived his readers with this promotional biography, TMWQM. I hope Sundeen makes lots of money with his book about a man who lives without money, irony of ironies. I do not buy Sundeen's romanticism of Daniel Suelo. If you want, Tom, find my book, "The Intellectual Bachelor, Part One" on Amazon. In it, I give the reader a more thorough description of how I see the world and human beings. Capitalism, in its purest form, is slavery and evil. This is how capitalism began in the USA, as a slave based economy. In the end, capitalism will destroy the world with its pollution and inequality. By 2050, the world population is to be 10 billion. There is no way the world system will support this many people. Hell, the world system doesn't support the people on earth now. They system will break. I say this inevitable breaking as a young man.
rich hand
No they wouldn't that is why money had to be invented in the first place!!!! But I do think this guy has the right idea, he is just a little off the path.
Delbert/Dimitry:
I read your posting and wondered: do you know this man? Do you have a personal issue/grudge with him? Were you or a loved one harmed in the past by a cult? Cults are something to be aware of and watch out for for sure.
I have worked in mental health and counseling field for years for years doing assessments and intakes to determine people's status. From what I can see, there is zero risk of this man bringing on the kool-aide to others, harming anyone, nor of him amassing any obsequious followers.
Heck, if you read his personal webpage, it is obvious he has hermit tendencies. He put a 'moratorium' on more people coming to learn from him and he only had four people there staying with him! Few people have come and gone to his location, and those that came, left.
Your intense level of worry about this man as a cult leader is simply baseless.
From reading his writings and watching his video he has similar characteristics and beliefs as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Peace Pilgrim. He is a person who is doing his best to live according to how Jesus lived and he is sincere and earnest about this. His lifestyle is bound to be odious, repulsive and disgusting to some, idiosyncratic and Don Quixoteish to others, frightening to some, idealistic, spiritual and visionary to some, hopeful and inspirational to others.
Unless there is a bonafide collapse of civilization, there just aren't going to be huge hordes of people foaming at the mouth and getting in line to follow his example to feed themselves by dumpster diving, eating roadkill possum, snails and insects and dodging rangers in parks while living in caves without running water, microwaves, or TV! The reality is this: 99.9% of people who live with cars, have indoor heating, toilets, showers, clothes, computers, TV's, microwaves and who.shop in malls and grocery stores simply aren't going to be inspired to 'downsize' like this and choose this lifestyle.
On the other hand, there IS a long, robust spiritual tradition across many different religions of persons who throughout history who have chosen and still choose to live personally without money, whether these are monks from Buddhist tradition who beg for their food or Catholic orders where people who enter monasteries and convents devote their lives to God and give up claim to their money as part of spiritual renunciation by taking a vow of poverty.
Realistically, this type of living will be considered undesirable to a majority of persons. Each or us has to decide for ourselves how we want to live on this earth while we are here.
From what I observe,( never having met him,) this man is very disciplined and conscientious about living according to his values to the best of his ability. Also, he does work that is useful to/benefits others, he feeds himself from foraging, from what society considers 'waste.' and what is offered. He is doing his best to live according to spiritual principles. Because he isn't a part of monastery/religious group he faces a more grueling, challenging life as he doesn't have a stable community of like-minded persons for strength and support.
Omg he answers these questions so beautifully and perfectly, I loved all of this video. This has brought some joy into my life. I will be saving and coming back to this video throughout my life. If I had social media this would be a video I would share 100%. This is the best video I ever saw on CZcams. I still can't believe how perfectly he answered these questions. I need his charisma cause there's just no way you can not comprehend what this dude is saying.
This man is so full of wisdom and blessed. It is a wonderful thing to hear you share.
Very interesting. But if I may suggest that an interview that is quite long , not just a snippet of short answers, is perhaps better left without adding a soundtrack over the dialogue. Just a thought. It can be a little distracting.
A man ghosting, awesome but nothing new!
This guy knows the truth.
My name is River I am daughter to sue. Thank you for clarifying my path. OF ALL THE THINGS I HAVE USED OUTLY TO HELP ME TURN INWARD, THIS IS ONE THING THAT DID IT, WHEN SO MANY THINGS DID NOT. MY GRATITUDE SINCERELY 🙏
The concept of living of the land fails as soon you dive that dumpster.
Living of the land does not include relying on other peoples efforts to sustain your life.
I'm so fed up with these quasi-philosophical DIY neo-hippies.
the music is no added value...
I disagree
I cant tell how old he is ! Good looking chap. Has a very soothing speech with well thought out responses.
I have so many questions for Daniel!
Such a nice video and I felt so much peace as he was talking :)
Cheers 4 sharing!
I can't listen to the rest of this. The music is just so annoying.
dang liberals music
Exactly... There are birds and crickets .... Please make a remake without the music ... But nevertheless very inspiring ... Thx
very inspiring!!!
American Republicans will hate him very much😄
+najbrzi28 This Republican enjoyed it. Very informative video.
+najbrzi28 You really need to bring politics into this issue?
You are an idiot. 90% of America's millionaires and billionaires are liberal democrats.
+King Gaza come out of that little town in Alabama!And stop watching Fox fascist propaganda!
+King Gaza come out of that little town in Alabama!And stop watching Fox fascist propaganda!
I lived in my van for 6 years. It was good....up to a point. I gave it up for a warm room in the winter and air conditioning in the summer...a a proper toilet. Not to mention medical when I needed it. And people dont tell me I have to move on anymore. If you want to live in a cave on in a van go for it. Ive had enough.
Daniel suelo is a role model of a man of who manage to survived by his true faith with God without the help of a penny for him faith is wealth
He should re-title his video: "How to become a bum without becoming a bum", by Freeloaders Anonymous.
The war is over Mr Lebowski, the bums LOST...
it was a movie quote
I'm talking to the other guy lol
barcasimple
Well, if I were black I might be insulted but instead I just have pity for you, bitch.
Uhh..ok..go get ready for work now or something..u brainwashed failed abortion lmao
this gut comes off as being all zen like. he has just found a way not to have to work for anything. maybe he doesnt have to pay for anything, but somebody paid for the food he finds in the dumpster. somebody paid for his glasses. somebody paid for the clothes on his back. If he grew all his food, really live off the land, that would be different. he is a user. my opinion from this video.
vivian Kimberlin, This guy probably lives with someone rent free, someone pays for his food, shelter, clothing, glasses and other necessities and desires. Some people must really like having loafers live with them, Though harboring a bum like this guy is probably not cheap, a useless mouth to feed, a useless body to clothe and house, and to pay for the medical treatment of. All that is bound to cost $1000 per month or more! Yep, whoever's letting this man live for free in his or her home is likely loosing that kind of money for no real tangible benefit. That is, unless this guy is doing manual labor for his room and board!
What a beautiful soul! He's such an inspiration! And what a wonderful wisdom he shares! Thanks for this amazing testimony!
He's living a free , simple , debt free life and loving every min of it . He grew up in society and didn't want any part of it . Bravo to him . If only we can all live as free as this man! He's in tune with himself, his god and nature . What a great way to spend his life . Keep on doing you sir . Everything else is irrelevant.