It is very clear that Suelo doesn’t consider money to be having any value. But listening to his thoughts about this world is interesting, to say the least. According to Suelo, our whole society is designed so that we all have to have money. One has to be a part of the Capitalist system; so much so that it’s illegal to actually live outside of it.
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On his blog it is clearly written, “'I don't use or accept money or conscious barter.” He says that his philosophy is to only use what is freely available and discarded and that what is already present. The most important part of it all is that his basic goal in life is to take less and give more.
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One of his friends, Damian Nash told The Atlantic that Suelo wants to have the smallest ecological footprint, apart from bringing the largest possible impact at improving things in this world.
After having lived in nature for almost 15 years, Suelo returned to civilization in the spring of 2015 to care for his aging parents in Fruita, Colorado. His father left this world in February 2016 and Suelo only has his mother. He takes care of her mother’s finances, pays her bills and shops for her. But, for himself; he still doesn’t take any money from the government or elsewhere for that matter.
He says that he still feels as passionately as ever about a moneyless world and would actually love to return to it. But, just so that he doesn’t lose sight of the real world, he has set up camp at a river nearby.
To know more about Suelo, watch this video.
The American Who Quit Money To Live In A Cave from David Eckenrode on Vimeo.
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