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One of the most prevalent viewpoints in our society is that money doesn't buy happiness, and material possessions do not equate to character. However, is this notion actually a big ploy by all the rich people to keep all the miserable poor to middle class obliviously content? For a society that values morals and ethic so highly we certainly spend a lot of time trying and admiring- almost worshiping- wealth and all of its perks.

Indeed, it seems now that getting a college education is no longer a goal a goal to strive for but rather a means to an end- "to earn a living". Many students are not looking for a way to "develop critical inquiry...or the ability to keep learning" but rather a path that will lead them to money. Yet who can blame them, "literally and truly, one cannot get on well in the world without money".

"For only 5 cents a day you can feed a starving child. They eat pennies." 

As an inherently greedy species, money is a way that, ironically, highlights and diminishes the avarice of humans. Fundamentally a way to let those that "deserve" more live better, it doesn't always work the way it is intended to. It brings out the qualities of cruelty, selfishness, diligence, and hard-work It causes crimes and destruction, and brings people together.

To live without money is to "live out of the world"  but even with the supreme purchasing power of money, intangible objects like emotional satisfaction and spirituality are some of the things humans value the most.

Unless it's somehow abolished, currency will probably be the most important thing in our lives, but it is up to the discretion of each of us to decide whether that is bad or not.