“Money is imaginary — we're all participating in collective delusion”
Agree
- Currency has no intrinsic value whatsoever
- Economic value is entirely socially constructed
- System persists purely through shared belief
- We could choose different arrangement tomorrow
Disagree
- Money represents real labor and resources
- Medium of exchange serves genuine function
- Everything social is constructed but still real
- This nihilism ignores practical necessity
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