Money is needed to carry out a lot of transactions in the world. We have moved away from the era of trade by barter and now needed money to complete transactions for goods and services. Would you say that with money, you have everything?
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Is money everything?
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Nope.
It sure isn't, and it only has value because WE say it does. If everyone that didn't have it woke up one day and decided that it doesn't mean anything, and then went back to bartering (which some remote nations have done when their currency collapsed) but did so on a global scale, then the money currently being hoarded by the super wealthy would be worthless and it would return to being as worthless as it was originally.
But still, even if that wasn't the case, the money we have has more value than what the wealthy has, because they really can't seem to stop fucking with those that have it least, and they are determined to see the people who actually work for it, suffer. The more money they have, the more money they want to keep competing with each other, because playing games of leap frog on the Forbes Richest list, and constantly finding new ways to put the screws to those that have it the least, seems to be all that they have going for them.. instead of just enjoying their money with the other 30 or so people as wealthy as they are, and just leave the rest of us alone.
It is odd, but it really does seem like they are jealous or completely hate those who have less money than they do and genuinely work hard for what little they do get.
This is why I believe that eventually the people will get fed up with the fuckery by the wealthy and their money wont mean a thing anymore..
It sure isn't, and it only has value because WE say it does. If everyone that didn't have it woke up one day and decided that it doesn't mean anything, and then went back to bartering (which some remote nations have done when their currency collapsed) but did so on a global scale, then the money currently being hoarded by the super wealthy would be worthless and it would return to being as worthless as it was originally.
But still, even if that wasn't the case, the money we have has more value than what the wealthy has, because they really can't seem to stop fucking with those that have it least, and they are determined to see the people who actually work for it, suffer. The more money they have, the more money they want to keep competing with each other, because playing games of leap frog on the Forbes Richest list, and constantly finding new ways to put the screws to those that have it the least, seems to be all that they have going for them.. instead of just enjoying their money with the other 30 or so people as wealthy as they are, and just leave the rest of us alone.
It is odd, but it really does seem like they are jealous or completely hate those who have less money than they do and genuinely work hard for what little they do get.
This is why I believe that eventually the people will get fed up with the fuckery by the wealthy and their money wont mean a thing anymore..
Absolutely not. Money is helpful, but I've seen different sides of how much money can affect people. We were poor/very low middle class, had a lot of charity from family and friends, lived with family all throughout my childhood until my mom remarried. Her second husband was a radiologist and not a good person. Even with the kind of money he was making, he was not happy. Every little thing we did wrong or that seemed wasteful, he would blow up. Like...dude, you have at least 2 houses, have helped your family and friends buy houses, cars, have several cars of your own, have a boat, can go on vacations willy nilly. And the moment he realized we accidentally left a bag of cereal open in the pantry, he would FLIP his lid and yell about how wasteful we were being.
Money certainly doesn't help in all aspects.
Money certainly doesn't help in all aspects.
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