As for profit, profit allows growth. Without profit, things stay status quo, you never get 'ahead'.
Ah ha! and that is my point. The Barter system is not a ‘profit” generating system as I see it. It is a Status Quo way of doing things. But in the coming economic disaster if Obama wins I personally will be more interested in surviving than growing. There will still be the ‘I own my property’ and the sentiment of “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch” mentality. If I do more for others I get more. Is the Barter system really different from capitalism?