The system outline of Solidarism
Today, when you buy something, you exchange your money for a product or a service. In a Solidaristic system, when you buy something, you simply receive it and do not provide anything in exchange.
It is imperative to understand that this system change in no way stipulates any change in democratic or religious values. Sovereign rights must be respected.
The way in which we acquire goods or services today is by way of a 2-way transaction. A needful good or service is valued in terms of monetary value and traded for the same. This trade is either direct, whereby the exact monetary value is exchanged with money, or by an equally valued entity, such as time. This system provides an assumed equal trade.
The way in which we would acquire goods or services within Solidarism is by way of a 1-way transaction. A needful good or service is needed and acquired. After the acquisition – the trade is completed, no equally valued entity by way of good, service, or other is provided in direct return. Instead, it is understood that the provider of the good or service will also be endorsed with their needs in the same way when needed and by way of a supplier of that need.
The act of being of a goods or service provider shall be optional. One can either conform to a new norm of providing one’s time in work as a goods or service provider, or one can opt for not being the latter. In the case where one would not opt to be a part of the solidary exchange, one is not excluded from its benefits, though one would expect such an individual feel excluded. The satisfaction of contributing with a good or service is not synonymous with monetary reward; for if it would be so, then simply receiving money would induce the same feeling of satisfaction – which it does not.
Therefore, when goods or services are requested, instead of endorsing the provider with an equally valued commodity, the provider can expect to receive their own need for goods and services by another provider. This means that a transaction is no longer concluded by endorsement of an equal valued commodity. Instead – the transaction is to be assumed completed when the acquirer acquires their need. The only change in comparison to the current norm is that every transaction between an acquirer and a provider only goes one way, instead of two ways as in a capitalistic economy.
