Topic: Is money the root of all evil as the poor to thinks? - page 7. (Read 1381 times)

Money is just a tool though, the real root of evil is the man, they are the one's doing and thinking of doing the action. See, if a man wants money, he/she can either do the right way to gian that or the wrong way.

actually there is a truth where many people commit crimes because of money. with money they can enjoy a luxurious life, especially for those who have position, doing various ways to seek personal luxury. I think what the poor people think is true, but it's not all true, because there are still many officials who really think about the welfare of the people.

Interesting, actually I never blame money for any criminal act that related to it. But I blame the people who did it. For me money is just a medium of exchange, but nowadays people start create a monetary system which can make people who only have fixed income become poorer because of inflation. Luckily I know about bitcoin, for me bitcoin is like the opposite of all this. I think if I hold bitcoin for long term then I can be rich.

Money and assets as a person's benchmark is rich or poor, liking or not.
And money is everything to do something for life. Even though money is not everything but everything needs money. And therefore, many people do anything for money. But of course this depends on every individual and environment.

Finally, that's really the biggest difference but do you know the root of that difference? When kid borns in a poor family and the education level of that family is low, the kid becomes similar of them and shares the same vision as them. Poor people usually have the wrong vision and very low level of education because it's easier to manipulate with uneducated and poor people, so, the government prefers people to be poor. The kid that is raised in such family, usually ends up being similar of them and that cycle goes on and on. Plus add the fact that poor people are more religious and believe that if they are poor in this world, will live better in the afterlife.

Also, there is another fact: In a world of capitalism, how can the poor escape from poverty? It's very hard and only very hardworking ones escape.
In reality, Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit

Then what is the problem, cancel money and evil will disappear in this world by itself  Money itself can not serve as a source and root of evil, because money is just an instrument in the economic activity of the state and citizens and in itself they are neutral. It is only in the process of social interaction that both positive features of the use of money and negative features begin to manifest themselves. Cancel the money and grateful humanity will still find other ways to bring evil to themselves and others 

The devil is the one who deceives humans into being greedy and loves money....money is never wrong, money is deliberately created as a human medium of exchange.  hedonism makes many people love money as a gratification.

those who are poor or rich, many misinterpret money.  Money is not created for pride or measuring wealth, money was created so that everyone is responsible for meeting the needs of himself/herself and his/her family.

You are bringing this from the wrong perspective without scrupulous reasoning of what it's really  meant by the saying, "Money is the root of all evil." This is not delebrately talking about means or genuine way of making money which is obvious but the greedy perspective of one looking for all means to get money through the back door or in a dishonest way.
Getting a good paid job or investing your capital as an investor is never affiliated to the saying of money is the root of all evil,  but only to those who will use dubious means to fraud or scam people of their money and valuable goods.

Money can never do evil if not with people who's thinking are beyond control. Money is just a tool. It's the mindset of the people that made them differ from one another.

I think we all dream to have lots of money so we can live our lives comfortably, and to sustain all our needs so we won't have to look for nothing. But there are still people who are not satisfied with their lives so they keep on doing things for their own satisfaction even if it means hurting other people just because of greediness.

I care to disagree, the mindset largely depends on the person, their ambition, and creativity, not only the origin. Moreover, sometimes the effect is quite the opposite of what you've described.

The poor people often want to get out of their current state and, thus, they have a much stronger ambition and motivation to learn, to work hard, and to become successful.

At the same time, rich people are often born with everything the average person needs to work for: apartment, car, expensive education, connections, and, therefore, career opportunities. Due to this, such people don't work for that and don't have specific aims, because they're used to having anything they need.

Interestingly, because such people have everything from childhood and don't try to achieve anything they often end up being quite bored and unhappy.

This opinion is based on personal experience. When I was little I used to envy rich people, because they had the luxury life, could afford many things I would never get. However, that gave me an insane motive to do everything that depends on me to maintain a good quality of life. Nowadays, I'm much more successful than many of those people I used to envy because all they did these years was going on vacations, while I invested in my education and self-development.

maybe, for some people, money can be root of the problem, not only for rich people, and the poor will feel more powerful. and mindset created from where are you born, like surrounding environment that make you though about. but, someone personality can protect them from various aspects.
the problem is about knowledge, rich people know how to make money, and poor cant make big value because of their limitation. but, not only knowledge, not having something can support someone failure.

Yes it is. People still think that there is this "motivation" aspect but the reality is that motivation should not come at the expense of ruthlessness. Look at amazon for example, worlds 4th biggest company as far as I know. In a very hardcore communist regime you wouldn't have something like that, so it is a good capitalism that brought it here right?

Well I am not against that, however what about workers who have to take a toilet break into bottles or stuff? How about workers who still get benefits from government that are paid by taxpayers because amazon pays them very little? How about them not allowing workers to go into unions? I can keep going on but basically I am all for companies to be big but when they start to screw their workers every penny just to get an inch richer, that is horrible. Which is why rich people are the root of evil not money, and the richer they get the more ruthless they become.

I don't think that money is the root of evil. Money is good and important for people to have a good life. It is really hard to have a happy and quality life without much money. The real problem is the stingy people. They ruin everything. They do everything for money.

The definition of rich and poor is different for everyone, it's very natural that everyone wants more than he gets. maybe for the target person $100k it's rich, but when it's at that point it definitely doesn't feel rich. people will never feel rich if they had thought like that . just gratefull for whatever you had. I avoid thinking about rich and poor as much as possible.

Obviously not, money was not invented until very recently and before that we had crimes already, these are the thoughts of people that do not understand money and that at worst are trying to justify their failure to secure enough money for their own survival, the rich understand that money is one of the most useful tools and as such it is better to have it than to not have it, and if you combine this with work ethic then it is just a matter of time until they get to their goal.

No, I don't agree with what you said. We live in different environments and with different knowledge. many people make money and do good and positive things with their money and goodness depends on the person himself no factors affect it. It is the environment that plays a big role in directing a person in a good or bad direction.

In fact, that saying "the love of or Money is the root of all evil" should be reviewed and rephrased again. Who on earth won't want to be rich. What even is the love of money? I tell you, if you don't live money, then you can see a pan handler on the street and walk by without giving the pan handler some spare cash. After all, it means less to you...Money guarantees comfort and satisfaction. So long as you have money, your mind can be at peace but when you don't, your in constant search for money and it makes you worry, always thinking whats the next step to get some money and fit your bills. This eventually can push you into doing things that under normal circumstances, you won't have done.

Okay, why is it that, poverty or unemployment is then the reason behind most insecurity challenges of a place? Have you ever thought of that... is it the love of money?
Infact, Poverty is the root of all evil!!!

TRUE.

Rich people don't love money, they invest (spending money) to get more money. It's risky and most of the time they lost money, but it doesn't stop them to try, spending more money, and finally succeed. The rich understand that money is just a tool.

In my very own opinion, Money is really the root of all evil in this world. Let's start with money can buy everything that is tangible here on earth as well as people. Money can buy the dignity and trust of a person because that is the practice today and what I am seeing. Another thing is that money is the root of evil as what people say because of discontentment of a person and him/she have the money then he can buy everything in this world and even do bad things thru the use of money. There's a lot you can do with money so that it is really the root of all evil.

Money isn't the root of all evil, discontentment is.

I hear this saying most of the time and i think it's wrong to assume that money is the root of all evil. First of all, money is a thing that has no free will and cannot act upon itself. It's such a shame if we'll put the blame all on money when in fact, people are the ones acting on their emotions and needs.

People having a bussiness goal are those who usually have more profit and tend to become wealthier than those people that tend to spend much often. However, we can't also assume that those people that spend for vacation are lesser because I think it's also wise to spend on your mental health.

But if people will just keep on putting all their hopes to their God without acting on it, it will all just be worthless. Prayer without action has no use. You have to pour your effort, time, and sacrifice some things in order to achieve your goals. Faith and hope will surely keep you on track, but always have a plan and execute it as well. You can't be spoonfed everytime.