So, You Think You Hate Money... ShowCase Sunday
There are several authors on Steem who claim to hate money or not care about money. This attitude isn't just on Steem these people are everywhere. Constantly talking about the evils of money and greed.
However, they talk about money nearly incessantly. They brag about not caring about money, while they sneer at those who do.
These people cry out about others caring about money, but there is nearly always a boiling frustration in what they have to say.
I've got news for you...
If you are constantly bitching about money and lovers of money, you care about money. You are just bad at earning it. If you didn't care, you would just stop talking about it. Like the way, I never bring up .., say... Candy wrappers. I don't care about them, so I don't talk about them. That is all. Once in a while I come across a candy wrapper, I don't need to cry out about them, ever.
In my life I have lived both with and without money. I tend to prefer some of the comforts and freedoms that money brings.
Money is just a tool, I don't want it to just have it, I want it to have the freedom it brings.
If I have money and I want to go to a certain place, I can afford the things I need to go.. I don't have to go, but the choice is mine. If I don't have money, my options are limited.
If I have money and I get sick, I might be able to afford a better treatment, nobody is obligated to provide me services without compensation.
If a steak looks good to me and I have some money, I can buy a steak. That feels like a nice option to me.
Some of these people also hate work and jobs!
I also enjoy the process of earning money. When I worked in the workforce, I enjoyed my jobs. When I didn't enjoy them any longer I changed jobs. I have written before about how I cleaned condos during my early adult years. Okay, those jobs weren't the best jobs I ever had, and every moment wasn't filled with joy, but they were interesting and I still feel a sense of pride and satisfaction from doing them.
The challenges and problems of work have taught me patience and how to deal with excitement and disappointment. How to work better with people, how to try to solve problems, and too many lessons to list.
So, you think you live in a gift economy?
Cool! I don't care if you live in a gift economy. That is cool, good for you. I don't. I live in a system setup with money, bartering and trade. I live where when we provide things of value we expect things of value in return. Not only do I not live in a gift economy, I don't want to. That would mean I have no control over my own options.
I prefer an economy I can influence via my actions.
So, you want a Universal Income Society?
Good for you, I hope you find one.
I'm not interested in that at all. No, thank you. I would be terrified at what the providers of that income might require me to do in order to get my share. What personal power can I possibly have in a world where I can't support my own needs?
If you were to remove money and make "fish" the staple of an economy, then I am going to become very interested in learning how to fish.
That's just me. I try to view money as a tool. I am not rich, I am not poor, I believe in helping people when they are down, and I want people to have as much as they can, I just see money as a tool in that process. I don't want things to come easy or free.
Meant to trigger discussion. I am not invested in, nor is it my business how you view money, unless you feel the need to tell me about it all of the time. Especially, if you think I should "Wake Up" and view it from your point of view.
There is a reason fish have never been money but deer skins (bucks) have. :)
Universal Income isn’t workable. In this already broken system, it will merely set the clock few decades back for those who have nothing, while those already part of the 1% will snatch away even more opportunities.
The truth with every universal income system is that eventually it will recreate a structure similar to this one, as we continue to be peer-pressured by marketing and then our circles, wanting things the universal income doesn’t afford.
The main caveat? The new opportunities will already long have been taken by an ever more franchised world.
While I think universal income concepts are brilliant, they can only work in small, educated communities. Not in this society, not in these already existing economies. It would merely be handing over even more to the 1% and further amplify the inequality.
But if somebody creates a free state with UBI, keep me updated as I may be interested. Interested to be ahead of the game and carve my own universe within it.
Good one. Music to my ears.
Great post and I enjoy money and love doing something for earning it.
I like the way you think and express yourself. Nice insights. I also think there is too much focus on the importance of money, when the real focus should be on the importance of resources. As you rightly say, money is a tool; a tool that is used to control resources. I have to say, though, that here in Italy we have a limited form of Universal Income that is allowing a lot of citizens to feed themselves in these challenging times. I am concerned, however, that this will become a form of control.
We have the same view about money, great post.
Excellent post, you!
If you are constantly bitching about money and lovers of money, you care about money. You are just bad at earning it.
....Throw in some unconscious guilt , and then have you have a rabid socialist!
Money is just a tool, nothing more. Idiots project something else onto it, entirely.
Yup!
Money is just a tool, and a very convenient tool, at that. I can't even imagine a world in which I would be stuck trying to trade apples I grow for medical care. What if the town doctor is allergic to apples? I'd be SO screwed!
I think most people who claim they "don't like money" actually don't like "predatory greed." I don't like predatory greed, either... I accept that much so-called "success" comes as a result of pushing others out of the way to get ahead, but I don't like it. Even so, money is just a tool...