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起风了 Jan 17 @ 6:49am

Is money the root of all evil?

Some people believe that many evils are not caused by money. Money is the concretization and embodiment of interests. People combine their psychological thoughts and behavioral actions with the concrete representation of money. Humans are profit-driven beings. Interests can be both personal and public, and should not be simply regarded as good or evil. The morality of interests depends on one's subjective standpoint. Moreover, humans have an instinct for self-interest. In other words, all living beings have a nature of self-interest, prioritizing their own thoughts and benefits. Therefore, money, as a collection and representative of interests, has become a proof of good and evil. What do you think?

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WarHeRo Jan 17 @ 6:50am

there is no such thing as evil

Dracoco OwO Jan 17 @ 6:50am

Hunger for power is, money is only a tool to conduct power and it's influence in a physical and more apparent way.

F Jan 17 @ 6:50am

no
humanity is evil by design, even if we can make "good" actions, we're selfish creatures by nature

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the vampire of time and memory Jan 17 @ 6:51am

it's a symptom

talemore Jan 17 @ 6:52am

It was spoken by the church but it was the church who laundry money.

The landlord gave money to people who gave it the church.

Thereby the source of all evil was the landlord who gave the money knowing that they would go back to an unpaid work the next day.

Since you can't use the money to anything since you are stuck in the system people gave to to the church to remove the burden of greed of things people wouldn't ever be allowed to keep.

salamander Jan 17 @ 7:01am

Originally posted by F:
no
humanity is evil by design, even if we can make "good" actions, we're selfish creatures by nature

perhaps if you boil humanity down to instinctive programming, then yes. but to any who would break outside of this programming and defy the selfish nature...to me, these are good people

the vampire of time and memory Jan 17 @ 7:06am

Originally posted by F:
no
humanity is evil by design, even if we can make "good" actions, we're selfish creatures by nature

design is irrelevant, humans are not bound by nature, all of us, save for a few truly beyond redemption, possess hearts with the capacity for love

Last edited by the vampire of time and memory; Jan 17 @ 7:06am

salamander Jan 17 @ 7:09am

Originally posted by the vampire of time and memory:
Originally posted by F:
no
humanity is evil by design, even if we can make "good" actions, we're selfish creatures by nature
design is irrelevant, humans are not bound by nature, all of us, save for a few truly beyond redemption, possess hearts with the capacity for love

i agree with this. regardless of, intrinsic programming and such through evolution, we are not bound to this. with free will, we can actively defy it (and many do) for the betterment of others situations.

talemore Jan 17 @ 7:12am

To know what is evil is to know what is good.

Amen was an ancient eqypt god

(Amon, or Amen, Egyptian deity revered as king of the gods)

King of the gods became the god and known as Amon-Ra but he came to later be known by popular names as Asmo-deus (world god)

The symbol of the cross is from the eqypt god symbol.

Gold is the symbol of the eqypt god used to shine the sun on the land.

The sun is seen as the crown.

Anyone who de-vailed from the path of god was the devil and hence evil.

Pierce Dalton Jan 17 @ 7:16am

No, humans are the root of all evil.

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allegedly Jan 17 @ 7:18am

Originally posted by k7sEFpuLgxsYIZLJyE7Ugg==:
Money isn't evil it's a tool of exchange. However, destroying societies through usury, debt, loans, and consumerism is evil

yes! this is the problem

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talemore Jan 17 @ 7:21am

Originally posted by k7sEFpuLgxsYIZLJyE7Ugg==:

YouTube™ Video: Jacque Fresco - Introduction to Sociocyberneering - Larry King (1974)

Views: 221,666

Jacque Fresco introducing Sociocyberneering on Larry King. Aug. 19, 1974 http://www.thevenusproject.com/

Many forget that everything made by your hands work is artificial and when saying to remove the artificial society is to remove humans.

Knowing what words means is knowledge.

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