Money

   THIS IS YOUR GOD

   Money is an item (physical or [1]virtual) whose main and usually sole
   purpose is to carry economic value so as to be used for making payments.
   Money spoils everything and in [2]capitalism money is everywhere. As
   Richard Muller says in one of his songs: "happiness is a beautiful thing,
   but it can't buy you money". It is said that money is the root of all
   [3]evil -- it is so because money embodies a system of competition for
   resources, and [4]competition itself is root of all evil. Evil people are
   attracted by money and money is attracted by evil people. Standardized
   money (for example specific bank notes, coins or [5]cryptocurrency) is
   called [6]currency.

   Things that money can buy include happiness, [7]love, [8]sex, family,
   [9]people, stress-free life, luxury, freedom, food, health, [10]education,
   awards, skills, authority, good looks, [11]law, power, fame, [12]rights,
   [13]anonymity, safety, [14]science, [15]logic, [16]truth, [17]justice,
   injustice, voters, slaves, [18]life, [19]death, [20]war, peace, victory,
   loss, information, advice, public opinion, obedience, respect,
   entertainment, media, countries, all physical things and more money. So
   does selling your soul to the devil.

   Money is a tool of oppression, it forces people into [21]slavery while
   creating an illusion of "[22]progress" by adding an indirection that makes
   stupid people think we no longer use physical violence to force people to
   work -- in the past physical violence was often used directly to force
   slaves to work, nowadays if a slave refuses to work, we don't use violence
   directly, we just refuse the slave money which will lead to violence and
   torture only indirectly: for example he will be forced to live in
   homelessness, healthcare will be refused to him and his hunger will force
   him to stealing which will lead to him being beaten by police. So we still
   use violence to force people to work, we just use it indirectly through
   money, which idiots with microbrains can no longer see. By this the
   capitalist system eliminated the possibility of being overthrown by
   workers as revolution requires masses of people revolting and because
   majority of people are stupid, not being able to see the abuse (not being
   able to comprehend indirection), they will never revolt.

   Sadly capitalism forced EVERYONE to deal with money, even those who hate
   it. How to handle this? Correct relationship towards money you should have
   as an [23]LRS follower:

     * Hate money, always aim for eliminating money from society. Does this
       mean you should hate having money? No, this means you should hate
       having to have money.
     * Minimize damage money does, i.e. firstly do NOT run capitalist
       businesses that steal money from the poor (basically every business
       eventually does this through some level of indirection), that makes
       money harm others. Secondly make money do less damage to yourself,
       i.e. do not rid yourself of money by burning them or anything, just
       use them to live in less pain. You can also use money for good -- if
       you have enough, just give it to someone in need. Don't teach people
       to fish, just give them the fucking fish if you have tons of them.
       Remember than being rich means being a murderer because you are just
       sitting on resources that could simply save lives of many, just by
       having a lot of money and doing nothing you are killing people, so
       don't be rich -- if you are, just give money to someone.
     * Use money to become independent of money, i.e. only make money so that
       you don't have to care about money, NOT to consume more of capitalist
       production. With regards to "winning a lottery" most people nowadays
       have the attitude of "I'd keep living the same but I would buy a
       bigger house and could wear luxury clothes", which is the retarded
       stance that only enslaves you more and increases overall damage to
       everyone. The correct thinking is "I would stop working so that I
       could be more free and do more good without having to make profit
       anymore".
     * Don't become a slave to money, i.e. don't spend your thinking time on
       investments, accounting, protecting your funds, insurances,
       currencies, businesses to make more money etc. Just as with
       technology, make some minimal setup that just makes you not have to
       think about money, EVEN if it costs something (i.e. makes you lose
       something to inflation etc.). { I'm real retarded about economy but it
       may be good to e.g. have some cash ready (like for quarter of a year
       of living), then some saving bank account (where more money goes and
       possibly gets some small interest but is still available somehow) and
       then some physical gold to protect from inflation. Anyway even this
       may be too much for many to worry about, feel free to even just go all
       cash in your mattress if you want to avoid bank software and such
       shit, it's all fine. ~drummyfish }
     * ...

Links:
1. virtual.md
2. capitalism.md
3. evil.md
4. competition.md
5. crypto.md
6. currency.md
7. love.md
8. sex.md
9. people.md
10. education.md
11. law.md
12. rights_culture.md
13. anonymity.md
14. soyence.md
15. logic.md
16. truth.md
17. justice.md
18. life.md
19. death.md
20. war.md
21. work.md
22. progress.md
23. lrs.md