Now about the money I think that once you have a fully self sustaining farm or even just small home once heat, clean water, and healthy food are available in abundance (witch a permaculture lifestyle permits) there wouldn't be much need for money and greed, some people would still be super materialistic but that would soon fade away when they felt comfortable with a sustainable lifestyle and diet... not saying this could happen or not obviously people want to do what they do, but just a thought.
Agricultural permaculture (and specifically the vegan type) is great for addressing basic human needs in terms of sustainable food, water, shelter, protection from elements (heat/cold/wind/rain).
It is something that can be baseline and help everyone, and is something everyone can learn. For all the positives, there are some negatives (or perceived negatives, depending on who is asked):
It allows for, but does not provide for:
Specialty skills and Technology:
Does the community want mechanized transport, computers, televisions, firearms and other advanced weapons, video cameras, washing machines, furniture makers, jewelry, other crafts, instrument makers, performing acts, mass provided electricity, news and print media, refrigerators and freezers, general electronics, specialized clothing, metallurgy etc etc.
Industry to provide all these.
A system beyond direct barter is needed for these things. Ie: Money
if one decided to boycott the parent corporations well then they slowly loose power over the "consumer"..
To some extent this is true, although in order to do it I think one must really embrace basic permaculture without specialty perks as mentioned above, and largely if not completely without money, unless it is separate from the current system. It is not only a matter of boycott, though. Under the law, corporations are "legal persons" and have the rights of such to buy and own property, and they have great financial power to influence statesmen and lawmakers in whatever area one lives. They can buy up land - land you may want to live on, or they can influence the State to re-zone the land so that you cannot live on it, so that it can be used for industry, freeways, etc. The corporation under the current legal system is a monster accountable (by law) only to it's shareholders and also (by law) to it's bottom line. The biggest shareholders in major corporations are large banking institutions. These large banking institutions have the most power because of the power of usury and money creation as debt with interest, which starts with the Central banks they borrow from but are also major stakeholders in.
also do you have any thoughts on lawful money? because maybe with the knowledge behind that (witch I don't have too much of) could change everything if people started not standing for the theft of taxes..(not all taxes just that of what is going to fund war and testing of animals and harm to anything) seems to me our government/whoever is in charge is keeping a lot more from us then we think.
I suggest reading G Edward Griffin's "The Creature from Jekyll Island". It is all about money and the Central banking system.
The solution I am not sure of, although I think that some basic guidelines for free communities would be:
A) To use whatever currency they chose as a means of facilitating trade.
B) Use a currency that cannot be inflated or manipulated. Gold/silver has historically been used, but there are certainly other options.
C) To not use money, or mostly not to use it, and forsake many technological conveniences (which is something I think the Amish do).