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What do you think of money? What is money? What is the social role of money? Is money an evil? Or is money a true necessity for any society? Could we actually successfully abolish money while still maintaining the same level of prosperity, efficiency, and progress? Thoughts?

moneys cool. but i wouldnt care if i had it or didnt have it, cause ive been in both situations.

Money shouldnt be the root of all evil, since it is just worthless pieces of paper. But it is, since the worth we put in it. Similar to what worth the cross is to the christians they put value in it, since that is what the holy person died on. Things never have real value in many cases, we put an abstract notion of value upon it. Dont take my Jesus reference the wrong way, my compadres. I am just showing that things only have the value we place on them. And we lose all prespective to the true worth of items.

Excerpt from Wikipedia,
"Monad is an English term meaning "one," "single," or "unit," especially in technical contexts. It comes from the Late Latin stem monad-, which comes from the Greek word monos or μονάς (from the word μόνος, which means "one", "single", or "unique"), and may refer to:

* Monad (category theory), a type of functor in category theory.
* Monads in functional programming, type constructors that are used in functional programming languages to capture various notions of sequential computation.
* A monadic function or operator may be the same as a unary one, or one somehow having to do with either of the previous kinds of monad. Monadic predicate calculus is a form of logic based on unary operators.
* Windows PowerShell, a command line interface for Microsoft Windows code-named "Monad".

* Monad (music), a single note, as opposed to a dyad or trichord."

Money has also been interpreted as currency considering its tendency to flow through various sociological channels, just as the current of a river or stream flows. Perhaps this is suggestive of the term "liquidity". The value of money is directly related to the abundance of resources available and with the efficiency at which it can be extracted and utilized. As technology advances, the need for money decreases. This is due to increases in efficiency, extraction, and utilization. Efficiency is a measure of the ratio of input energy to output energy. I believe that if the various sectors of industry were automated, the value of currency would increase and the cost of goods would decrease, ultimately developing into an equilibrium. People would be able to pursue more fulfilling engagements.

What do you think of money?: Good system in Theory, but abused by those who control it.

What is money?: A form of control.

What is the social role of money?: Status and Control.

Is money an evil?: Absolutely.

Or is money a true necessity for any society?: Unfortunately it is.

Could we actually successfully abolish money while still maintaining the same level of prosperity, efficiency, and progress?: I do not think so. Not with the collective mindset humanity has.

Thoughts?: I hate money so much, but I need more of it. MORE.

Money goes through so many hands I get nervous everytime I pick it up, I think we need electronic money to replace this potentially very dirty bills and coins because I dont want herpies from someone who decided to put a penny in their pants then spend it later.

Why do we even need to discuss money, I thought people like us would be above even considering that worthless paper( or cotton, up in canada) had value.

Money is an idea, given value only by the trust given to the issuing government as to its value by the people holding the paper, metal or digital representation of it. It is a fiat value asigned by its creator, usually a government.

If a chicken was money would the chicken be evil