Interesting Thought Experiment: The Global Economy has collapsed....

Well, it seems based on your suggestions that you recognize private property rights.  Building on that, my question is, how do you prevent the current world state of affairs from reoccuring?  In other words, how do you prevent the eventual consolidation of big-money interests which become so powerful they are able to control the legislature, and thus result once again in the fascist state of affairs and permanent war we are experiencing today?   In my mind that's the biggest question: How can we protect individual rights -- especially including property rights -- while at the same time insulating government from the influence of private moneyed interests?

Yes.  Self employment, cooperative networks.  The use of intuition.
We will need to be practical.  Access to food.  Access to water.  Access to warmth.

Economies have collapsed before.  That part is not so new.  The global scale is new, and we will feel effects locally.

Hyperinflation has happened many times.  Paper currency can become worthless.  Consider getting some silver coins for barter.  In fact, barter of all kinds will likely increase.

Consider giving as a way of "stepping into the flow" so that you may then receive.

Be prepared for a large decline in the stock market.  Interest rates will rise - perhaps dramatically. 

I think that housing prices may go down for a time during the initial period of economic dislocation and then will likely go up as paper currencies become less valuable.

I know this post is a month old, but it interested me...

I believe that money, if it to be used by a hypothetical, future STO-oriented society, would have to have a real, visible relationship to work.

Rep. Ron Paul, the only congressman right now fighting for the abolition of the Federal Reserve and a return to the gold stanard, point out in his book--"The Case for Gold"--that the present tragedy of the dollar is that it has lost its relationship to work.

In my mind, I person works forty hours per week (heck, in my mind, if they work 20) then they should have no problem surviving and meeting all their obligations, i.e., rent, utilities, child care, food, etc.  I believe that if a person gives that much there should be no question of whether or not they can afford physical necessities--whether they're a lawyer, a massage therapist or a janitor. 

I think, maybe, that in order for money to work it has to be valued in relationship to services done for the community sponsoring the money system--and that the services should be valued according to time, NOT its perceived "hardness" or benefit.  ...It's easy to think of cleaning people as mentally sub-standard and their work as simple and therefore less deserving of compensation, but I know my office building (with all the waste we produce) would be uninhabitable in a week without those cleaning  people.

What would it be like if everyone were paid the same amount - totally - across the board.  Eh?

supposedly people wouldn't work as hard, or as "good" in that case. mediocrity would become a standard?

And what provision would be made for people who couldn't work? (invalid, handicapped, elderly)

first, whats an "invalid" ?

im telling y'all, there can't be money AT ALL. it just wont work. money is a shortcut, a quick and easy substitute for actual valuable TANGIBLE things. checks, credit cards... thats even worse.... and more imaginary.

TRADE GOODS and SERVICES, just like the good old days.

this makes people pursue something becuase if they dont, they wont have anything to offer to others, thus they will not get ANYTHING. if u dont have skills or a trade, u aint gettin my loaf of bread. no money available for the lazies. cuz money shortcuts work, heres 10 bucks now gimme food! perhaps those who may have had to wash dishes somewhere because they didnt have enough money can relate to what im trying to say.

money = lazy

one thing i would put on the top of the list after an economic meltdown would be to begin plating food and crops ASAP. Teach others how to plant food, how to care for seeds, etc... teach the children especially.

and also, begin teaching the metaphysical lessons that we've been jabbering about on NR for over a decade.

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Agree with all that, Montalk, especially the last paragraph.

The Pleiadians thru Marciniak have said that we don't need to be employed
at a job to get our needs taken care of.  "When you are allowing,  Spirit will compensate you in a variety of unexpected ways."  (I shared that line with another forum previously, and after I posted it, I went out for coffee. On the way home, I found $40 on the sidewalk!)

They've also said, in Bringers of the Dawn:

Money seems to be an issue with everyone. You all have very definitive beliefs about how money comes to you. The more you believe you must work hard for money, the harder you are going to have to work. Many of you believe it is quite normal to work hard for money, and that if you don't work hard for money then it is "dirty." Let us ask you to remember the word effortless and incorporate it into your vocabulary. Say to yourself, "I am effortlessly intending that this come about." To be effortless is to command to reality to bring itself to you in a way that gives room for plenty of energy to be expended in other experimentation.<<

Channelings from the Brotherhood of God thru Jean Foster also emphasize that we have the power to draw whatever we wish from the universal substance--the problem is that we think in terms of lack rather than plenty.

The problem is, no matter how many safeguards and such, power hungry people (who already have some degree of power) will always find a way around it.  There must be systemic barriers to the accumulation of wealth if it is going to be permanent, by which I mean something to the tune of a nomadic lifestyle that precludes accumulation or a form of horticulture that does not produce a surplus.  Any surplus will lead to accumulation of wealth and hierarchy, even if there is no "money" in the culture. 

What is the big deal about people being lazy and production falling etc etc etc.  What is it that we are producing that is so essential?  The average hunter/gatherer works at most a few hours a day and is far healthier and happier than the average civilized person, so what have we really achieved with our technology?  It mostly is used to perfect the techniques of domination and suppression that are the hallmarks of "civilization"

If you want more reading on the subject, or if you take issue with the assertion that primitive people live happier, healthier lives, read through these first, then see if you can argue.
http://www.anthropik.com/thirty

So then the answer is obvious, if people evolve and become harmonious and loving, then it won't matter what system we use, they will all work just fine if everybody is in STO mindset.  That seems a little far-fetched though (at least in the near-term), and if people haven't yet evolved into altruistic lovers, then the only system that will work is one with a small enough population that you know everyone involved.  That way you don't need money or even a barter system, a system of ceremonial exchange (constant gift giving) is sufficient (like old Hawaii). 
What is so sacred about personal property?  I can understand a feeling of ownership regarding something you create, or is given to you, but how can someone "own" land?  It is rent (in all its forms, not just land) that gives rise to inequality.  You pay me (give me a portion of your labor) for doing nothing, simply "owning" something.  This enables some people to live off the labor of others, meaning that everyone else has to work that much harder.