Money

[fullyman]

I was having a discussion with a friend and he said that there are two basic beliefs about money:

Money makes the world go round.

or..

Money is the root of all evil.

What do you think? (feel free to explain your logic).

[The 719]

money defined as "anything that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts" is the source of organized society. Without a medium for transactions (exchange of goods and services) between people societal advances would not be possible.
money def makes the world go round.

[Fenian420]

$$$ is what has made humanity so advanced and technologic.

[BondoLion]

$$$$$$ rules everything!

[beefstew]

hate to play devils advocate, buttt
$$$ buys atomic bombs, guns for for, hell people fight over $ all the time

perfect example, heres a clip outta the local news:

A XXX man is accused of threatening another man with a hammer.

Police in the city of XXX arrested Joel Tebay, last Tuesday, after an incident outside the Dollar General Store on Main Street.

Apparently, Tebay and the victim got into an argument about some change that fell on the floor inside the store and Tebay allegedly produced a hammer he had hidden and threatened to kill the victim after both were outside.

[JiggaJigga]

Money does make the world go round (refer to the first post of this thread) However money is NOT the root of evil, greed is and money is a product of greed

[Badfish89]

money is the root of all evil.

[PreggoWaffle]

eggghhh.....

its kinda hard to say.. money is what you make of it....

in this world its kinda essential for that whole, living process. by all means, have a farm and stuff. but otherwise pay 4 ur f00dz....

and its only the root of evil, for those who use it for evil...

I dont think it can buy hapiness

but it DOES buy security.. and thats what every 1 is looking for in life..
and if your a good person, and you do GOOD things with money.. than GOOD for you..
you win at life

but if ur like my dad

whos crazy
and money driven
and an alcoholic
and someone who puts money before your own family..

you fucking fail at life..... and your better off dead than alive to everyone around you.

$$$ is what has made humanity so advanced and technologic.

I dont think this is true...

seeing as, if civilizations didnt use currency and money. every 1 would just help eachother out with resources and stuff, and scientifically advance further and quicker..

I mean,
sometimes I wonder.

if nasa had infinite money... would we seriously be living on mars right now?

and would cancer be cured by now if cancer researchers had infinite money?

[ComfortablyNumb]

$ makes the world go round and round thas why I'm busy cause I keep a looot wit me.

[The 719]

$$$ is what has made humanity so advanced and technologic.

I dont think this is true...

seeing as, if civilizations didnt use currency and money. every 1 would just help eachother out with resources and stuff, and scientifically advance further and quicker..

I mean,
sometimes I wonder.

if nasa had infinite money... would we seriously be living on mars right now?

and would cancer be cured by now if cancer researchers had infinite money?

def not how it works. Ever heard of communism? that hasnt exactly ever worked out

[PreggoWaffle]

neither has democracy.. it just kinda.. works a tiny bit better.. .but not really

and the only reason communism doesnt work is bcuz ppl get greedy

same reason democracy doesnt work

[Who Me?]

With money granting so much power (corrupt or not) and allowances, it's pretty much the biggest reason people get out of bed in the morning.

[The J Experience]

its green paper. wtf!

[Who Me?]

its green paper. wtf!

with special powers

[Double U]

I have issues with the obscene amount of capital modern corporations have access to.

Money can and will buy anything you want it to, politicians and government officials included.

Wiki the Monsanto Corporation and see how many former employees now have high-level government positions.

I don't think a company having a lot of capital is directly related to governemnt corruption. It might be, that certain economic actors, if they become too powerful, might cause major structural problems (allowing for corporate interests to be dominant in the public sector because of conflicts of interest and outright illegal practices only as result of their sheer size), but I'm not sure that this alone is the problem.

For various reasons, there will be certain occassions when it will be "natural" (economically sensible) for certain economic actors to becomoe very big (utilities for instance, and perhaps even with agriculture because of economies of scale, but after seeing Food, Inc. I think otherwise). Hence, while I might agree that on certain occassions, companies becoming too big might be against the common interest of society (disproportionate market control and such of certain actors can put a significant damper on the goal of a "perfect market"), some companies should for various reasons, get very big (lots of capital accumulated into a single company).

Underlying issues regarding corruption and such, need to be solved with a more effective public sector, not regulating private sector to have mandated limits on how much capital any given company should be given (a task I would think rather unfit to be undertaken by our corrupt public sectore nonetheless). Instead a more enhanced civil society, that is more demanding and better informed, should do the trick. Perhaps even with democratic reforms in our political institutions to take us closer to "direct democracy".

[The 719]

neither has democracy.. it just kinda.. works a tiny bit better.. .but not really

and the only reason communism doesnt work is bcuz ppl get greedy

same reason democracy doesnt work

just a tiny bit better? lmao hardly. Communist societies only end up fucking over the people. Why do you think their are more democracy's today than ever before. Corruption is irrelevant because it is present regardless to the form of government.

[Greenweiser]

You work 40 hours a week to get what? Money, it does make the world go round but at the same time it can buy evil. Money is what we live for.

[Double U]

Many seem more concerned with the acqusition of money itself rather than the acquisition of those which they might use money as a medium to obtain. In other words, money has created a pursuit for itself that exceeds that which it can be used towards.

[fnss16]

money gives us the illusion of security. like someone said above me, everyone wants to feel secure. and if you have money, you can buy things that help you feel safe and comfortable. money isn't real though. the only reason currency has any value is because weve collectively agreed to exchange it amongst ourselves.

[Lurker]

Money isnt the root of all evil. Man made money, therefore man came first. Man is the root of all evil. Especially considering man is the one that determines what 'evil' is...

[patron561]

money buys weed, so it's the root of all my munchies.......?

[Greenweiser]

Money isnt the root of all evil. Man made money, therefore man came first. Man is the root of all evil. Especially considering man is the one that determines what 'evil' is...

Very well put

[AuntJemima]

Money isnt the root of all evil. Man made money, therefore man came first. Man is the root of all evil. Especially considering man is the one that determines what 'evil' is...

this

[fullyman]

Yea, I agree with most of you. After all, Money is nothing more than a medium of exchange. Only humans can be "evil".

[beefstew]

money buys weed, so it's the root of all my munchies.......?

this makes the most sense

[Creed]

People kill for money, people steal for money, money is definitely the root of a lot of evil.

[Lurker]

People kill for money, people steal for money, money is definitely the root of a lot of evil.

Last time i checked it wasn't the money doing the killing and stealing, it was people...

[Watermelondrea]

I found 5 dollars on the ground today. Hooray

[Creed]

People kill for money, people steal for money, money is definitely the root of a lot of evil.

Last time i checked it wasn't the money doing the killing and stealing, it was people...

Last time I checked I stated people kill for money, not money kills, do I really need to fucking explain that?

[Lurker]

People kill for money, people steal for money, money is definitely the root of a lot of evil.

Last time i checked it wasn't the money doing the killing and stealing, it was people...

Last time I checked I stated people kill for money, not money kills, do I really need to fucking explain that?

Yes, but you ended it with, MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.

Contradictory? I think so.