Money is a like a force not unlike the force of a star that goes super nova and momentarily stops the universe from accelerating but creates more dark energy and a big freeze. Finally, with both, all you have left is an empty vacuum.
galrads: And people place a value on money....Money is a like a force not unlike the force of a star that goes super nova and momentarily stops the universe from accelerating but creates more dark energy and a big freeze. Finally, with both, all you have left is an empty vacuum.
my biggest dream is too have a couple of million to travel the world with...
“So you think that money is the root of all evil?” said Francisco d’Anconia. “Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can’t exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to deal with one another must deal by trade and give value for value. Money is not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears, or of the looters, who take it from you by force. Money is made possible only by the men who produce. Is this what you consider evil?
“When you accept money in payment for your effort, you do so only on the conviction that you will exchange it for the product of the effort of others. It is not the moochers or the looters who give value to money. Not an ocean of tears not all the guns in the world can transform those pieces of paper in your wallet into the bread you will need to survive tomorrow. Those pieces of paper, which should have been gold, are a token of honor–your claim upon the energy of the men who produce. Your wallet is your statement of hope that somewhere in the world around you there are men who will not default on that moral principle which is the root of money, Is this what you consider evil?
“Have you ever looked for the root of production? Take a look at an electric generator and dare tell yourself that it was created by the muscular effort of unthinking brutes. Try to grow a seed of wheat without the knowledge left to you by men who had to discover it for the first time. Try to obtain your food by means of nothing but physical motions–and you’ll learn that man’s mind is the root of all the goods produced and of all the wealth that has ever existed on earth.
“But you say that money is made by the strong at the expense of the weak? What strength do you mean? It is not the strength of guns or muscles. Wealth is the product of man’s capacity to think. Then is money made by the man who invents a motor at the expense of those who did not invent it? Is money made by the intelligent at the expense of the fools? By the able at the expense of the incompetent? By the ambitious at the expense of the lazy? Money is made–before it can be looted or mooched–made by the effort of every honest man, each to the extent of his ability. An honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.’
Money takes you where you want to go,but it can't replace you as the Driver!
fallen_wolf: lmao Dragos, I do hope not. If he does, he might as well jump off the bridge before getting run over by employees
How you doing, Dragos? long time no see bud
Well good that we have that sorted. Now come a little closer and let me take a good look at you. aw, Lovely as ever!. Always so nice to see you my sweet Wolfie.
Money is many things to most of the world...Money certainly isn't everything but it ranks right up there with oxygen; it certainly doesn't matter if one is rich or poor, as long as you've got it; money is the poor man's credit card and all we basically ask is the chance to prove that money can't make us happy and if you have enough, you can then inspire terror in your fellow human, which in a way puts the lack of money at the root of all evil and having enough to spend it on things not needed, you then steal from yourself. But if you live within your means, you then suffer from a lack of imagination...
Kattte: Money is many things to most of the world...Money certainly isn't everything but it ranks right up there with oxygen; it certainly doesn't matter if one is rich or poor, as long as you've got it; money is the poor man's credit card and all we basically ask is the chance to prove that money can't make us happy and if you have enough, you can then inspire terror in your fellow human, which in a way puts the lack of money at the root of all evil and having enough to spend it on things not needed, you then steal from yourself. But if you live within your means, you then suffer from a lack of imagination...
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