> Your life would be better if you devoted so much time to food, clothing, and shelter? That's what money is.
That's a very serious oversimplification of the reality, in my opinion. Money, in our society, is much more than a means for survival.
> This seems doubtful.
I'm not sure how that seems doubtful. All you have to do is pay attention to the news, or (even though this is hardly a modern phenomenon) pay attention to what today's ultrawealthy are saying and doing to see the truth of it.
You don't even have to look at the ultrawealthy. For a more common, low-level, example, look at the spying that marketers engage in. They use money to engage in those attacks, and they do it in order to get more money.
> You live in an era of material abundance beyond the wildest imaginations of your ancestors.
Absolutely true, but irrelevant to my point.
> Even poor people are fat.
Not because of abundance, but because eating well is too expensive.
That's a very serious oversimplification of the reality, in my opinion. Money, in our society, is much more than a means for survival.
> This seems doubtful.
I'm not sure how that seems doubtful. All you have to do is pay attention to the news, or (even though this is hardly a modern phenomenon) pay attention to what today's ultrawealthy are saying and doing to see the truth of it.
You don't even have to look at the ultrawealthy. For a more common, low-level, example, look at the spying that marketers engage in. They use money to engage in those attacks, and they do it in order to get more money.
> You live in an era of material abundance beyond the wildest imaginations of your ancestors.
Absolutely true, but irrelevant to my point.
> Even poor people are fat.
Not because of abundance, but because eating well is too expensive.