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‘Money Isn't Everything,' Says Person Who Has It (reductress.com)

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In a completely unsurprising story out of Manhattan, NY, the words “money isn’t everything” were just spoken at brunch by someone who, conveniently, has lots of it.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

No person is wholly self-sufficient. Every person depends on the efforts of other people to live, survive, and thrive. Those efforts have value, and so we exchange value to other people for what we cannot supply for ourselves.

Money is a fantastic way to do that. Money is what we all agree represents value.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That’s a heretic opinion here on Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Good thing I'm not on Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Money is what we all agree represents value

Well, that's what it's supposed to be, but in today's digital world it is increasingly becoming only what a small handful of people agree represents value.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

I think you meant to say that it is CONTROLLED by a small minority of people; however it must be ACCEPTED by the majority or else it has no value at all.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

That doesn't even make any sense.