Money, money, money... Money is the most successful fiction ever created.
When Marco Polo came back from China, he brought with him paper money used in China already for a thousand years or so to the moment of his arrival there in the 1270s. But in Venice at that time people didn't use paper money. I don't think they even know about paper back then. So he was laughed at and burn his paper money, worth thousands in China. They didn't believe in the
When recently ISIS fighters blew up the bank in IRAQ, they tore and burn the American flag as they hate America's guts. However, they didn't burn American dollars. They trusted that fiction. LOL
People's life is not about money. It's about how they coped with the most important things like love, friendship, interesting profession, respect of their peers, comfortable living accommodation, children and it is about deeply rooted in subconscious mind frustration of not attaining those important goals.
However, if we look at people statistically and need to evaluate their worth, then there is no other better relative measure than money. Let us be clear - they don't measure a person's worth. A financially poor person can be of great heart, kindness or spiritual richness and magnitude. Take Vincent Van Gough for instance. But I think there was no fiction (people didn't come up with one) that had some kind of a common base to all the people in the world.
Thus money is that common base, a common fictional story that people trust to make their communication possible over vast territories and multiple languages. I would call money is the projection of human life onto the financial plane. LOL
Money as fiction - there's a deep thought.
On top of all that you've said there's the fiction that 'old money' is more worthwhile than 'new money'!
Old money according to many meant the people were decent, well mannered and had high morals.
NOT SO! I think those people just knew how to hide their base activities and nature, better AND they'd had much more practice.
Often people who had worked hard to make their own money were thought to be brash, outspoken and didn't care what others thought.
And so the fiction goes on.................
Thanks for visiting and your thoughts mgaft1.
Yeh, Bernard Shaw has a good play about it. )))
'The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain,,,,,,,,,,,,'
My mother was an elocution teacher. I learned at a young age to round my vowels and project my voice!
We had fun producing plays.
You were lucky in that sense. For one thing, it's always lucky for a child to have two loving parents. But especially in the sense that your dad encouraged you to learn new words and your mom taught you to round your vowels ( the skill I am not even aware existed) from an early age. 👌