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Originally Posted by Useless Me
I hope this does not come out too rudely - but I think the question is pretty silly.
How would a piece of paper make you "happy"? And money is just a piece of paper that we CHOOSE to assign a 'value' to......
Some people have money and are miserable. Some people have no money and are miserable. I guess the grass is always greener....
But the question is like the old red herring statement:
Carrots kill people. George Washing ate carrots and he is dead. Abe Lincoln ate carrots and he is dead. JFK ate carrots and he is dead.
Do carrots kill? No more than money can make you happy. The two are irrelevant.
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Unfortunately you pretty much need money to survive in the current world...not that I agree with the idea of a monetary system but the fact is its very hard to survive let alone thrive without money with which to afford basic resources let alone any kind of comfortable living. I agree it doesn't make one happy...but these days its not just a useless piece of paper unfortunately. Some people are able to get off the grid and create self sustainable living but then the materials/supplies for that costs quite a bit initially as far as I know.
Having access to basic resources, ways in which to enjoy your time, access to healthcare, access to healthy food and water is more of what contributes to happiness though even those things don't fix everything or create happiness in themselves but quality of life is a factor in happiness generally speaking the problem is money gets in the way of many people having access...except for the people who have it.