Topic: Money root of evil and root of fear - page 5. (Read 1779 times)

definitely, it's the greed not the money, people want to hoard whatever precious thing that could guarantee their safety and apparently in this age this thing is money, since we can pretty much good anything from money.

but back then, kingdoms also hoarding foods, golds, and so on at the expense of other at some point, it's the same thing but with different tool.

the root of evil and the root of fear is always greed from the start, money as I already stated just a tool which can be abused or can be used for the benefit of other people.

so the statement is invalid.

Money is not the root of evil. There is so much greed in the hearts of humans and that is where evil emanates from not money. Money is only a medium of exchange. Money doesn't cause stress, inequality and loss of humanity rather it is people who cause stressful situations for other humans to have to deal with because of greed, they want to accumulate more than the others and so it leads to inequality because in doing so they oppress and suppress the weak in the society. Even if the government provides these basic amenities, social media and the world we live in would try to convince others that they are not living well enough because they don't have a car, or the latest of whatever is trending. I don't think AI can change the situation either. Humans created this mess and only humans can fix it.

Wanting something beyond one's ability of course they have to cheat to get it because they will never be able to get it reasonably so they commit crimes to achieve what they want and hope that the government will be able to fulfill all the needs that we need of course this is very impossible because there are many things that must be regulated by the government in order to run their government system properly and as you said there is truth they can make policies as they please because they have fulfilled all the needs that we need.

With money, it will indeed be able to fulfill every need that we need and it is also very impossible for money to be the source of various crimes that occur but everyone is fully responsible for the money they get and also how they get it.

Because that is what we already put in our minds. But if we make our lives too simple and humble despite the great achievements we have, I'm certain this will never happen to us. We witness several changes happening around where we could really say that those who have money or rich people have too much power as well. They can make use of their wealth to control someone and follow what they have said.

Whether we agree or not, it is too difficult for now to live and survive without money, which is why people are working hard. Well, we could say that they have reasons, but I don't think it is enough for them to do foolish and stupid things. It was our greediness that drove us desperately.

You wrote correctly that success is measured by money. And unfortunately, this is true. And it means that of course the job we work at is very important. After all, at work (for those who work full-time) we spend a third of our lives. Therefore, if someone does not like his job, then half of his conscious state is simply wasted. But I have a questions: And if someone likes his job, but it is poorly paid?
Should such a job be changed to one where the earnings are high, but the work itself is unpleasant?

What you propose, some countries have already tried to do, intending to build socialism, and then communism as the most just system of social organization. What this inevitably led to, we have recently witnessed: the stronghold of socialism - the USSR collapsed, burying this grandiose plan of human stupidity. At the same time, almost all socialist states slid down the path of authoritarianism, where justice remained only on paper.

 Perhaps humanity will return to something similar. But for this there must be a completely different level of consciousness and self-awareness, as well as the highest level of development of science and technology, which can lead to an abundance of material goods. But it is also possible that this will forever remain in the dreams of individual romantics.

Just look at how football is made and the media tries to influence the public to be the center of attention and even the expectations of players who are bought are not in accordance with the high prices and all of that is influenced by the media in creating public opinion about a player. The media has a role to make something more known, that's why the journey process now cannot be separated from the media's game in creating opinions.

I want to listen to some media so that I have references and maybe you can explain how the Google company makes people dependent on the products they create. They set something up for a good purpose but there are still negative things that may arise for people who misuse it.

Talking about evil do you think that there will not be any evil in the world if there was no money?, actually I don't even believe on such because even if life was very easy evil would have still existed because human being are hardly contempted with what they have so they will always project for more things, one thing you should also no is that if there was no money and we only depends on the government to give us houses and food the high rate of suffering would have even be more severe than how it is in most of the places because the government would have been treating people however they like because our chances of survival rest on there shoulder, so actually reasoning on my point of view money is never the roots of any problem or evil because it helps to reduce it a bit.

Money is just an object and paper that still has an exchange value and has a circulation time, what actually makes money evil is when we are enslaved by money where income is less than expenses, which in the end we will do anything to get money and greed will make money potentially evil. Because in essence money will always be lacking as long as we are not grateful where happiness is not always commensurate with money.

Try how many possessions our bodies have, would we exchange one of our eyes for one billion, try to count. So basically money is not a measure of happiness even though in the material world we always need money but if we can use common sense then money will come in a good way. Money is not always evil, if we are smart to be grateful at least having money can provide a sense of security to survive.

When you say spoil, it is like you are rewarding yourself. It is not wrong but as long as it is about good things only and then we must still do it in moderation. I won't say that it is in our nature because there are still people who are only humble and doesn't spoil their selves.

Success must be measured in different things and one of it is having money (lots of it) like you said. I feel bad or sorry about the people who are like that. That is because I also agree about what the OP is saying that money is the root of all evil.

You know, there are some who are able to do anything (including committing crimes) only to have money. If there are successful people, unfortunately there are also those who fail but it is fine because at least they have tried. They should move on and try their luck on other fields again. Indeed that god created each other to be unique and if let say not, then there will be no more challenges or thrill on living this planet. I'm sure that we will still complain 'more' and say that it was boring.

Nothing is permanent in this world and so as on working on a job but if we are still young, we only need to choose a job that really fit for us, so that we won't feel like we are working. Lastly, we can't have it all in life. We need to accept this sad reality.

Money is the root of evil but we can't stop looking for it because we can't survive without having it, money has been a root of evil since the beginning of the world when our grant parents were still alive, so even by this time it should not be a surprise to us, money in other hand is also the life of the people because with the way we are living now if you don't have money you are not part of human being, money can never be satisfied to any human being because if it is something that can if someone have he or she will say they don't want more, if you look at our leaders today they have millions of money before coming to Politics and the reason why they are in Politics is to make more money, no any politician will open his mouth and said that he is not in Politics for money, so even in the next life money will still be a problem to the world.

I can't agree with you. It is in our nature to spoil each other. And money is the tool that gives some people success, because they tried for it, and others failure. I mean that all this is part of natural selection. And if we all become equal, and our skills and struggle among ourselves will not be counted in any way, then it will be very unnatural. Therefore, money is an absolutely natural tool that shows our success, and we cannot refuse it. And agree that it is better to get rich and live well than to work all your life and know that you will never get anything more than your allotted portion of food.

The reason why rich people try to oppress the poor (and usually divide them so they would fight each other) is the fact that they do not want the poor to pick up on what the rich are doing to get rich, and they want to make sure that the poor are not looking their way.

There has been a lot of times in history where poor got together and killed the rich and took over the wealth and tried to distribute fairly, the killing part usually was easy, fairly distributing part never really happened, even if they did alright for a bit, they didn't do alright for too long.

In the end, media is the way to control, they keep pumping news that are not huge, small very unimportant stuff, talked about for hours everyday for months, becoming big in peoples minds, so they do not focus on the big bad wolf.

If they let everyone be free, then the talks will all be about how the wealthy people are stealing from everyone and getting rich that way, every single company that is big, is doing one thing or another that is unethical to get there, something that makes us poorer, it doesn't matter which company, you name it and I will tell you what they are doing wrong to get rich, it's very clear, we just don't talk about it.

In theory, what you say is true, the government or any politician must put the interests of the country and the people first, not personal interests. But in reality, things will never work out that way. I don't agree when politicians think and do so, but one thing is for sure, if we were in their position, we would do the same. We will also be corrupt, we will also find ways to put relatives in government positions or help them make money first. This is how politics works in third world countries, they always try to put their own and their relatives' interests above the country's profits.

Removed the biblical passage and all of that, we should understand by now that money is not the root of all evil. Everyone wanted to get rich so that we can live comfortably with our kids and grand kids, in short build a generational wealth. But the thing is that no one can be that small percentage to build that wealth overtime. But we can still live a good life if we can earn and attract money that way we should be. So there is nothing wrong with money or it is being labeled as root of evil, it is not. And I have this belief that money is for everyone, and if we look at it, God gave it to us, we just need to know how to earn and used it wisely.

Money can be the reason behind a lot of evils, that's true, however, the solution you are proposing isn't logical and that wouldn't work but it will only make things worse in the long run. Imagine every single person in a country will be getting food and housing without doing anything at all. And the very first and the most important question is, where would the government get the money from to do all that? Do you think this only should happen to one or a few countries or the whole world? If it's for the whole world, where would the resources come from? We all know countries aren't going to distribute their resources for free.

Also, removing the monetary system from an economy wouldn't make evil go away completely. There will still be reasons for people to fight and do things that they shouldn't do, there will be robberies for resources when there is no money, there will be murders, kidnapping, everything you can think of.

But, people do judge others by face reading and overall dressing appearance. No one is ready to look for the content of a book but makes a judgement by its cover itself. You may show off your wealth by your car or mobile phone or by dressing but through your noble thoughts, it will definitely take time. It all means people do grab the quicker one.

Why not we take this in this way, like people use their skills and knowledge to earn or multiply their money and then showing off. From that show off, you again judge them. Even a corrupted politician can show off their big wealth still we rate them high until they are not yet punished by law. That high rating is for their skill and knowledge to convince us for better rating and for delaying the punishments of law.

the need to look at the past, it is a lesson that can be applied that only the positive that we take, by appreciating an effort that we get, money gives you a broader thought to use it for more useful things, but depending on your hand using it is a choice.

Lol then they should not have run for the government then. If they are so selfish, they could have just gone and found a different career path. This kind of mindset only justifies and perpetuates corruption in the government.

The government provides and serves first and foremost the people of the country. Among those are their families. They need to consider the greater good and not just their families. Citizens of a country also have family members, why shouldn’t we look out for them as much as these government officials do with theirs?

Although that the government has a family, but that doesn’t mean that they should be maltreat those people’s that make build them to reach the position they are claiming today, they said that charity begins at home but at least the government have to consider those people that are outside also not only his family’s members he can always put in front to achieve everything. Is good ideas for everybody to look for a way to earn, but not mean we can stop from seek for government help to make everything become much better and also enjoy life.

In today's world, people are so greedy for money that they are ruining their humanity. Being the richest person in the society, he is ahead of everyone in terms of income. We know that money is the source of happiness and money is the source of unhappiness. I will not deny that there should be a limitation on the need for money to survive. Extra money can never make a person happy but it is the root of his problems. There are many who resort to corruption for money. One is facing various violent situations with one another for money. This money is responsible for everything. But thinking about anything without money is not possible. Money has played a key role in all the discoveries and developments today. If people were not interested in money then people would not go for new inventions. No new initiatives were to be taken. Service organizations were not created. Considering various aspects everyone needs money.