Comments on: Is Money Evil?

By: Billy Parker

Billy Parker — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:58:58 +0000

I agree with the “idea” however, it is a known fact that most people change when they do have large amounts of money. This has a price as well. Someone showed the greatest philanthropists such as Bill Gates, but if BG is worth 60B and all he’s putting out is 100million a year that is still a pretty small amount in comparison to what he could be doing. This idea is like putting 50 gang members in a room and putting 50 guns in the center of the room and saying it’s not the guns that kill it’s the hands holding them. True, but 4 out of 5 people have no willpower and that should account for something in regards to this topic.

By: west williams

west williams — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:14:03 +0000

^^ Jack gets it!

“money” is not as simple as 1:1 symbol of trade.

it’s a head game beyond honest exchange, a monstrous perversion of esteem and power in society. the real world hammer of racism and sexism! the consequence of a limited expression of the spiritual/material inter-reliance of everyone, it isn’t totally natural to our human potential. Internationally, the swell of decent people demanding justice and dignity shows the time has come for a genuine global restructuring of value/power. RISE UP

By: jack goldman

jack goldman — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:33:52 +0000

Lawful money, gold and silver, is a claim on other people’s lives without government intervention. Currency debasement, unlawful money, bank debt notes worth nothing, steal the future of those who save bank debt notes. Debt is a claim on someone else’s life. Money is a claim on the future. When money is debased it ruins lives. Nations fall when they resort to bank debt notes as money. America has a $15 TRILLION dollar debt that can not be paid. Currency debasement benefits governments, owners, bankers, and brokers who make a per cent. Currency debasement harms children, families, renters, and employees. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow) was $700 in 1963 in lawful silver coins. In those same lawful coins the Dow in 2012 is $600. In fake pretend unlawful US bank debt notes the Dow is $12,000. Which one is right? They both are. The spread is what benefits governments, owners, bankers, and brokers with imaginary non existent fake profits they party with. We are so screwed as a nation. Our families and savers are being pillaged by governments, owners, bankers, and brokers. Until we have lawful money the system will be debased and money bubbles will flow into stocks, bonds, real estate, tech stocks, causing booms and busts that do immeasurable damage. Protect yourself. This is difficult to do. Good luck to us all. I have met the enemy and he is not me. He is governments, owners, bankers, brokers.

By: akoto

akoto — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:12:38 +0000

Guns render people lifeless, money render people no dignity without it. How many people had committed suicide due to financial problem? How many women had sold themselves in brothel just to survive? Money is evil, Monetary system is evil. Money does not only made man worthless without money, it is also destroying this planet for the sake of profit. So is it hypocrisy for complaining against air pollution (money) but at the same time breathing of it? Breathe or else…

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:48:28 +0000

If money is the root of all evil; then, can the amout of money a person has determine the amount of evil he’s possessed with?

Money has been referenced as a tool; but, tools can also be used as weapons.

Tools are used to create and build, as well as destroy. There are zones of safe harbour, as well as evil empires; both require funding. The attraction of money satisfies the creativity of both, saints and sinners. Money seems to be the fuel for fantasy, good or evil, and can fund life’s heaven or hell.

Even a satisfies mind requires money to be satisfied. Chow!

By: Nim

Nim — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 05:17:21 +0000

I tend to agree with James, this issue has very little at all to do with how money is used. It’s been said that our view of money is the only root of evil, not money itself. But I say that money easily affects our views so that we give it power and allow it to be evil. Human beings are creatures of nature, and so we should recognize our natural talents, and we should recognize the institution of “money” is not natural to our preservation and is harmful to our perception of the world we were made to live on.

By: Steve Moyer

Steve Moyer — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 03:15:17 +0000

Money is more than a tool. It is more than “abstract barter.” It is also a system with thousands of rules and regulations, institutions and practices.

But money is always NUMBERS. Numbers are always abstract. Therefore we are “running the world” in the abstract mind.
That’s inherently evil because it makes it easy to hurt people. You don’t have to face the effects of your actions. With money, only QUANTITY matters. Quality is irrelevant. Virtue is quality. Consensus is quality. Sustainability is quality. All irrelevant to money.

See my video: http://se.nodes.net

By: swev

swev — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:15:02 +0000

This is good read and idea about money. Not everything is summed up so easily with words. But I like how he put them in words here.

Money is a tool that is abused and used in more or less equal terms. We should ask questions like. Can we do well without it or does it make us progress faster or slower? How does this tool help us and how does it not help us?

To me money is a tool used today that is a way of measuring the worth of each person power. The more they have the more they can influence change. (individually).

For example. The government is a seat of alot of people, even though they have the most money, it’s not so in a way. Hard to measure how much they have unless you can look at their bank accounts and include their total sum (Which is alot more then what most individual people would have) and include them in the ranks. More people seem to talk more about each person such as Bill Gates etc and how much they make. Look at the top 10 riches people. I’m sure they are not even close to the richest, but they have the “most money”.

My point here is that, alot of things can be overlooked and used to start things without asking the right questions first.

Are the riches really the riches, yes maybe, but when people work together they can be just as rich. This has been proven by war and how people such as a single person make change by voting or some other means.

This is something to maybe keep in mind….

By: mike

mike — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:43:24 +0000

i have been reading these posts and shaking my head. money is not the root of all evil. money is a medium for trade! just as others have said, evil predates money. money is an inanimate thing, it is not good or evil. what we do with it is what determines goodness or evil. one million dollars can start a war or feed a country. trade is a nessesity. the fisherman will never go hungry, the builder will always have shelter, without trade, the builder will starve to death and the fisher will not survive the elements. as a society we have created a medium for trade. it places a value on qualty. it is essential. i dont believe that that every thing should be even. why should someone who does nothing be entitled to the same things as someone who works 50 hours a week? dont take me the wrong way, i dont think that starting a war for profit, or raping the planet of natuarel resources is nessesary at all, it is wrong! but it is not the fault of money. people are the root of evil. but people are also the cause of greatness, when a disaster happens and millions of dollars are donated to help. that is the goodness of people. we still have alot to learn and alot of growing up to do as a species. but we must realize that blaming money for all evil is just another way of passing the buck, we have to take responcibility for what we do as individuals, it is the only way to grow. it is sad to think that the majority of people would say that money is the problem in this world. money advances technology so we can grow bigger crops and feed more people, it helps us cure desiases so we can live longer lives, and it puts value on what we do everyday with our lives.if we want this to be a better world, we as individuals have to make more of an effort at it. controlling or eliminating our medium for trade will only make things worse.
this is only my opinion, everybody is entitled to their own. but giving everyone an equal cut of the worlds money, or going back to the days of trade are not viable options.
thanks for the oportunity to share my thoughts. feel free to agree or disagree. every one comes from a different enviroment and has different opinions, and i appreciate the feedback regardless.

By: Peter Neels

Peter Neels — Sat, 08 May 2010 05:10:59 +0000

money is evil and if you think otherwise you are simply not logical. we as a species have the capacity to feed everyone on the planet but no one will because it is not profitable. we could end countless deaths from simple diseases like diareah in third world countries, but is not profitable. we could use energy sources that do not harm the earth in any way at all, but to switch to them would be unprofitable. we produce so much and consume such vast amounts of raw materials all in the name of profits so that people can buy things like tvs, but 90 percent of all things made end up in a land fill within 6 months because hey thats what is profitable. we live in a society where it is good for people to get cancer it is good for wars to happen and scarcity is a good situation, because all of those things make people money. people are not people they are consumers and we are all in the buisness of consuming the planet as fast as we can to make the most money we can.