Things would not happen the same way without money. I’m saying there’s no reason they could not happen (again, ignoring operations on money itself). The functi

Things would not happen the same way without money. I’m saying there’s no reason they could not happen (again, ignoring operations on money itself). The function of money is simply to help humans collectively decide what happens, of all the things that could happen. And I’m not arguing against the existence of money at all — it’s an incredibly useful control mechanism. It’s not the only one, of course, we also have social norms (aka peer pressure), altruism, threats of violence, laws enforced by threats of violence, etc. etc. (Much evil and stupidity is perpetrated by people who seem to believe money is the only control mechanism that should matter.)