I kept getting drawn to a post Scarcity Makes Everything Desirable (Including Bitcoin) and I had so many thoughts run through my head at the time that I couldn't process them in order to answer, and as I said I would I have sat down now to tap them out on my keyboard and hope that they make sense.

I came to one conclusion very quickly... I can't answer it as @Coinsreporter wanted which was to:

So because of this I decided that it was best to write my own post rather than reply to @Coinsreporter and give my thoughts on scarcity.

In my short (nearly) 39 years living this human experience I have always been fascinated with people's need for things. I suppose that came from my apparent lack of when I was in my younger years. I watched in awe as the kids in school would swap football cards, play with their tamagotchi's or come to the playground with a headband that had their name written on it! Now I was a bit of a 'weird' kid and I never got jealous for not having those things, in fact I never even wanted them, however what I did want was to be part of the group and make friends. And that, for the weird kid was not on the cards for me. Of course, as I got older the things were different. When people were getting their first cars they were going for the latest model in this or that, their first house would seem to be decorated perfectly in line with the latest fashion, and their first babies would be dressed in the latest designer clothes.

Now maybe it's the way I was raised, but I have never felt the need to do all this. And, if you came round to my house you would see that I live in what appears to be scarcity. If a burglar came into my house, they would leave with an Xbox that belongs to my son and maybe the lawn mower which I leave outside! There is nothing really for them to steal! (I don't even own a TV).

I know though that I am a rarity here.

Where am I going with this - jeez I can ramble!

From what I can see, the world has been set up in a way now where the majority feel as though they are living in scarcity. We are being fear mongered into believing that this is the truth, and we are being hood winked into giving all our money to the rich, to get richer.

And, the worst thing is - we are well aware that this is what we are doing! They aren't even hiding it from us anymore and we are just allowing them to get away with it, because we have been taught that this is just how it is! "Those bloody 1%". Seriously, if I was handed a penny every time I heard that, I would be able to give the damn Xbox to the burglar!

Right now, with society allowing the few who appear to be in power to herd us like sheep, then I have to say that we are NOT set up for true scarcity because we have been led to believe that we are already there, when we are not!

The world has enough food to feed everyone in it - the problem is the distribution AND what we eat. The world has enough gold for us all to be well off and trade in whatever way we want to - the problem is the distribution. The world has enough water - the problem is the distribution AND pollution. The world has enough technology to create a safe planet without destroying it - it's about access. The world has enough knowledge to teach everyone who wants to learn - it's about access.

The world however also has mankind. The 99% who need to become aware that they have the ability to create their own lives and write their own stories and do not need to follow the 1% seemingly in power. If the 99% did that we may face scarcity for a while as the seemingly in power would fight back as hard as they could, but if we stood up to them and stopped allowing them to get away with things then they wouldn't hold that power.

Simply - we do not have a scarcity problem - we are told that we do and then tell ourselves that we do.

However, until people wake up and take back ownership of their own lives then people like me will still be the weird kid. And... if Bitcoin is going to allow me as someone who is awake to keep ownership of my life then I am all for it!