We all love money, It is the only thing almost everybody never has enough of and you always want more of it. It's the driving factor in most tasks and actions, nobody would simply volunteer to clean sewers, you need a motivator and money is a great motivator.
Money is the cause for almost all our grief as well, it's why we steal, rape torture, murder, attack, back-stab, blackmail, lie, cheat, turn on our friends and family, eat a spider, have sex with farm animals, prostitution, and a ton of other things I'm not going to list here.
Money cannot buy you happiness, many people think it can but it can't. It can buy you peace of mind which might lead to happiness but not happiness directly. Money is an inanimate object, it can't love you any more than a table leg can.
Have you ever hung out with some truly wealthy people? At first, you have a wow factor and you are envious of their huge house and all their cars and stuff they have, then you wish you had their money. After a few days with the wealthy couple you start to realize something, these people are not very happy, in fact they are quite miserable, anything that they buy has no meaning to them anymore, and they are constantly buying stuff so that they can feel that euphoric feeling that they first felt when they bought something but they no longer feel it.
They constantly go to parties and events and talk with other braggarts who give them ideas on what they should buy and talk about the stuff they own, nothing has a sentimental value to these people and anything can be bought for a price.
Money is not the cause for all evil, people are.
There has to be a way to release us from the grasp of our need for money. We need a new system that isn't based on money, but it should still be something we value but can't steal from another person.
Scott Goerz
