“Money isn't what it once seemed” is the opening sentence of John Waters' latest article. Counterfeit Banknotes as Cluster BombsHe argues that money has in some sense ceased to be a reality and become an illusion, a strange weapon used to forcefully change societies into shapes chosen not by their citizens but by bureaucrats in think tanks and international agencies.
Money remained a reality when governments said, “We can't do that because we don't have the money.” But now all reality has disappeared and the impossible has become possible. Political will is no longer inhibited. This creates deep corruption.
money It means workMoney means gambling (stock and financial markets) and theft (theft through inflation and sometimes, more honestly, theft through taxation). The connection with reality is brokenIn Waters' home country, politicians claim Ireland is the richest country in the world – Irish people laugh at this unrealistic statement – but are unable to effect real change in a system that is increasingly based on mere myth.
Debt is out of control and human greed is growing with it. We are living beyond our means and as a result, our children are falling into poverty and unable to live the lives we once took for granted.
And in that unreality, we encounter mass unemployment, a lack of work, and at the same time a shortage of workers.
Waters writes that “smirking villains” rule us because real money has been replaced by lies. As a result, we live in a society of lies where morality is inverted. Evil has become good, black has become white. Destroying our civilization has become a profitable business.
John Waters concludes that there is indeed a connection between money, perverse desires, and the three things. evil.
