It's so ridiculous how a completely unnecessary fabrication like a monetary economy can jeopardize the survival of a species. It's a very complicated means toward extinction, and the irony behind something like that is too much to handle. Like you said, "The farmer continued to farm..." Survival through self-sufficiency is so easy. We are conscious and very clever; living in harmony and balance with our environment would be simple and stress free. Like it or not global financial change will happen and believe it or not it may be for the good of all mankind. It may avoid war and hunger all around the world and unite us. This will happen and the best one can do is educate one self on how to live in a global currency world.