Our mission
Non-fungible relations If you want free and non-fungible relations, we don’t need to transform current systems. We need to dismantle and them and create new ones. If you want “security”, you can continue to buy --- frustration. Markets are not free, and commerce does not provide authorisation. You are enslaved even in your intimate partnerships. Every marriage within the capitalist system is a business deal.Your fulfilling relationships start with free economic relations. Here we do not have such. There could be no future in the family. Family is a detached unit; its members are bound and not free. They are conditioned to see this union as a form of escape, even though they are constrained within it and punished for connecting outside it.
Relationships—whether romantic, familial, or communal—have been deeply colonized and commodified under capitalism, reduced to transactions, status symbols, or business deals. To demonetize, indigenize, and decolonize our partnerships, we need to fundamentally rethink how we relate to one another and what we value.
1. Demonetizing Relationships To remove money and capitalism from the center of our relationships, we need to challenge the systems that prioritize material wealth over emotional and spiritual connection. How to do this to get rid of the control: - Reject Transactional Thinking: Shift away from viewing relationships as exchanges of goods, services, or status (e.g., marrying for financial security or social standing). - Shared Resources, Not Ownership: Move toward communal living and resource-sharing models, where partners support each other without the expectation of control or ownership. - Unconditional Love: Cultivate relationships based on mutual care, respect, and growth, rather than what someone can “provide” materially.
2. Indigenizing Partnerships Indigenous cultures around the world offer powerful models for relationships that are rooted in community, reciprocity, and respect for the earth. We can learn from these traditions to rebuild our own ways of relating. - Community-Centered Relationships: In many Indigenous cultures, relationships are not just between two individuals but involve the entire community. Partnerships are seen as part of a larger web of connections. - Reciprocity and Balance: Indigenous relationships often emphasize balance and reciprocity—giving and receiving in equal measure, not just materially but emotionally and spiritually. - Connection to Land and Spirit: Ground relationships in a shared connection to the earth and spiritual values, rather than material possessions or social status.
3. Decolonizing Love Decolonizing our relationships means unlearning the toxic patterns imposed by colonialism, capitalism, and patriarchy, and reclaiming ways of loving that are rooted in freedom and mutual respect. - Dismantle Patriarchy: Challenge gender roles and power dynamics that reduce relationships to hierarchies (e.g., the idea that one partner must “provide” while the other “cares”). - Reject Colonial Standards: Resist the pressure to conform to Eurocentric ideals of beauty, success, or partnership that prioritize wealth, whiteness, or heteronormativity. - Embrace Plurality: Honor diverse forms of love and partnership, including non-monogamy, queer relationships, and chosen family structures.
4. Building Meaningful Relationships Outside the System To convince people to leave the current system behind, we need to show them that there are alternatives—ways of living and loving that are more fulfilling and authentic. -Lead by Example: Live in a way that demonstrates the beauty and possibility of decolonized, demonetized relationships. -Show others that it’s possible to thrive outside capitalist norms.
Overall, the possibility of human extinction is real, but it’s not inevitable. The threats we face—climate change, nuclear war, pandemics, ecological collapse—are dire, but they are also human-made. This means we have the power to address them, if we choose to. While the challenges are immense, there are reasons to believe that humans can change course. Movements for degrowth, socialism, Indigenous rights, and ecological sustainability offer visions of a better future.
Humans are not inherently "crazy" or "doomed," but we are deeply shaped by systems that encourage irrational and destructive behavior. The path forward requires us to confront these systems, heal our relationships with each other and the planet, and build a future based on justice, equity, and care. It won’t be easy, but it’s the only way to ensure our survival—and to create a world worth living in.
