I like what you wrote and would add that money is a powerful corrupting force and the wealthy want more wealth and power. Wealth is not just money. If money were not a factor then they would not spend so much effort at wealth transfer. Money buys more than jets and mansions. It buys media, politicians, police, militaries, mercenaries, etc.
It's a factor, but it's more instrumental than moral. If it were not necessary for all of us to constantly argue, with a stack of tokens precisely accounted, for our worthiness to access the stuff of life, money would have no such effect, and we could simply say "Naw, your work project is lame and the paw paw fruits are ripe."
I like what you wrote and would add that money is a powerful corrupting force and the wealthy want more wealth and power. Wealth is not just money. If money were not a factor then they would not spend so much effort at wealth transfer. Money buys more than jets and mansions. It buys media, politicians, police, militaries, mercenaries, etc.
It's a factor, but it's more instrumental than moral. If it were not necessary for all of us to constantly argue, with a stack of tokens precisely accounted, for our worthiness to access the stuff of life, money would have no such effect, and we could simply say "Naw, your work project is lame and the paw paw fruits are ripe."