It's the artificial lubricant that makes the gears turn and keeps the pistons firing, brother. Without it, it's just metal on metal, the friction is unbearable.
Date: October 28th, 2026 10:56 AM Author: Adamo Tuti (⚖️)
After visiting the Paris office of Baron James de Rothschild in the early 1840s, Heinrich Heine wrote: "Money is the god of our time, and Rothschild is his prophet...
"[Money] possesses the moral force or power which religion has lost, it can act as a surrogate for religion—indeed, it is a new religion, and when the old religion finally goes under it will provide substitutes for its practical blessings."
We are still living this paradigm nearly 200 years later.
Date: October 28th, 2026 11:08 AM Author: gibberish (?)
Because of the egalitarian aspect of a peasant being able to take out an expensive knight? I think black death pushed the idea of wages to the forefront.
Money is instrumental. In many men, it brings comfort, security, and leisure to pursue higher things that partake more in the beautiful, the good, and the true, like arts and maths and philosophy.