From: Jaap.Karssenberg.j.g.karssenberg@student.utwente.nl
Date: Sun Jun 06 2004 - 13:59:58 BST
The idea that people can live without money (or without greed) is an
idealist interpretation of a utopian world. It stems from the
intellectual idea that all people are (or should be) equals. Thus one
having the world while others have barely enough to eat is against the
intellectual ideal.
But money doesn't have anything to do with the intellectual realm. Money
has a profound influence in the social realm; if you have the money to
buy a good looking suit and drive a nice car people _will_ be polite and
respectful. The guy who can buy the most drinks is often the one taking
the most girls home. This isn't "political correct" but it is observable
in almost any bar over the world.
Money can also be regarded as a mechanism provided by the social level
to provide the biological needs. Without money no food, shelter etc.
This hooks into some of the most elemental fears of the biological
human: to starve. People feel save when they have money, they feel
unprotected when they don't. It takes a lot of courage (or foolishness)
to go without money.
As for the original question, I think the only help any theory can offer
as in our relationship to many is to clarify _why_ we like money; we
can't help ourselves in loving wealth for it is the opposite of
starvation.
P.S. Maybe money can be described as a mechanism employed by the social
level to suppress some elements of the biological level ?
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