Quote from: Arcavum on April 08, 2013, 01:05:55 PM

The reason I say that is because so much emphasis is being put on acquiring money. And money doesn't equal a happier life.
All the while, there are people having to trudge through dumpsters for food. The hoarding of all that *wealth* means that many people will have to face possibility of starvation because a few people think that having so much money, that it could never be spent in their entire lives, is their meaning in life. *Which is delusion*

You're the one who's deluded. Money isn't wealth. Money is an abstraction of wealth which a person created for somebody else. Take me for example. My first job was in manufacturing. I created things. Things that other people want, and therefore are willing to pay for. That's how I made money: by creating things for other people. Then, when I was working in IT, I provided a service. A service that other people value. I got paid to do things for other people. Can you see a pattern forming? Every cent of every dollar I ever earned, I earned by helping other people. And if I were to spend that money on things for myself, that would reduce the amount of things remaining for other people, since there's only a finite amount of stuff in the world. But by "hoarding" my money, that stuff is available for other people who need it more than I do. By working for money and not spending it, I am helping people and then not taking anything from them. If only everyone were so generous.

Now, as an investor, I'm doing so much more to help people. I, and others like me, are not just creating things or providing services, we're creating jobs, creating businesses, creating an industry, creating an entire economy, and creating a better future for all mankind.

Quote from: Arcavum on April 08, 2013, 01:05:55 PM

The purpose of money is to be spent and circulated. There are people who really need that to survive, and by hoarding it, you are harming society and the economy.

Nobody needs money to survive. You can't eat money, you can't cure diseases with money, though if you burn it you can at least stay warm at night. What people actually need in order to survive is the stuff that money can buy. And the "delusional" desire to acquire money is what motivates people to create that stuff. The only reason you're not starving is because farmers want money. The only reason you have a roof over your head is because builders want money. Pretty much everything that is good in the world exists solely because people want money. That's the reality.