The Garden of Eden exists to prove that anything is possible, and that there’s more than enough of everything. “Lack” mentality is real--people genuinely think they don’t have enough of this or that--but it is still just a perception. At the GoE, we don’t rely on money to source what we need, so “lack” of money can’t possibly hold us back from achieving our goals.
Lack isn’t even the problem--it’s the allocation of funds that gets dicey. Poverty exists as a control mechanism; those in charge are able to keep citizens terrified of being poor so that they keep playing the game, keep going to work, keep paying taxes, keep staying in line so they don’t wind up in jail and “lose everything”. If you’re not afraid, then lack of money poses no problem for you.
At the Garden of Eden, our inhabitants choose to live on less than $1 a day each, and all of our needs are abundantly met--we want for nothing. We do this with conscious intention so we may use more resources to help others. It inspires us to use parts of our humanity that usually get lulled into complacency in the sheeple; our instincts, intellects, and innovation are heightened when we have to figure out a new way to accomplish goals rather than just throwing some money at the “problem”.
You point out that poverty is relative; what is poor in this country would be considered differently in another. We absolutely agree! The Garden of Eden proves that poverty is not absolute--while we live on less than $1 a day, we are not poor or going without anything. Nor is money or lack of money innately “good” or “bad”; rather, it is one’s relationship to it that determines its real worth. Are you using it to build houses and feed people, or are you using it to build private prisons or fund airstrikes on children? It’s all about the intention behind it. We intentionally live below world-poverty levels and intentionally don’t hold “jobs” because we intentionally abstain from systems that support the global military-industrial complex.