I like money; money is good.

[Cuchulainn]

It holds no value to me beyond being a tool to do things I actually like doing.

I'm pretty sure that is the whole point of money, and the reason why most people think about it at all. Cause you know, money = surviving + doing things you want to do and buying things you want to buy.

I like money. I want lots of it. And by lots I mean billions. And then I would buy my own island and make my own country. And there would be puppies EVERYWHERE. It would be an island of puppies. And I would take in rescues and employ an army of veterinarians and trainers to take care of all the doggies and we would all be so happy.

This is the exact shallow idiocy that I'm talking about. Greed, obsession with material objects and the illusion of happiness it might bring.

The sad fact is, you can't go anywhere, easily, without money. So I have to accept its existence and my need for it as a tool to do things. But this clamber to be billionaires, this pathetic obsession to own trout you don't need, to spend loads on short term obsessions over long term happiness, I'll never relate to. It's a capitalist nightmare.