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[566] Marinda: Yes, in several ways. Money is not just a commodity, it is
the universal equivalent form of value. Gold may be a
commodity in itself, but Roscher does not say what makes gold
or any other commodity become “money”.
The only thing he could have meant by calling it “pleasant”
is that he thinks it is fun to have lots of it for oneself,
to do with as one pleases. Money does have use-value for the
one who possesses it, but it is also associated with much
un-pleasantness indeed.
(Just for fun, from my office wall, taken from some newspaper
- ) The love of money is the root of evil. Book of Timothy,
ch.1 The lack of money is the root of all evil. George
Bernard Shaw. There's a certain Buddhistic calm that comes
from having...money in the bank. Tom Robbins
Would Marx say that social1 relations (or relations of
production) which require one to have money to survive are
the cause of much evil? |
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