Capitalism.
“So you think that money is the root of all evil?” said Francisco d’Anconia. “Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can’t exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to deal with one another must deal by trade and give value for value. Money is not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears, or of the looters, who take it from you by force. Money is made possible only by the men who produce. Is this what you consider evil?”
“But you say that money is made by the strong at the expense of the weak? What strength do you mean? It is not the strength of guns or muscles. Wealth is the product of man’s capacity to think. Then is money made by the man who invents a motor at the expense of those who did not invent it? Is money made by the intelligent at the expense of the fools? By the able at the expense of the incompetent? By the ambitious at the expense of the lazy? Money is made – before it can be looted or mooched – made by the effort of every honest man, each to the extent of his ability. An honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.”
“Or did you say that is the love of money that’s the root of all evil? To love a thing is to know and love its nature. To love money is to know and love the fact that money is the creation of the best power within you, and your passkey to trade your effort for the effort of the best among men. It’s the person who would sell his soul for a nickel, who is the loudest in proclaiming his hatred of money – and he has good reason to hate it.”
“Money will always remain an effect and refuse to replace you as the cause. Money is the product of virtue, but it will not give you virtue and it will not redeem your vices. Money will not give you the unearned, neither in matter nor in spirit. Is this the root of your hatred for money?”
“Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper’s bell of an approaching looter. So long as men live together on earth and need means to deal with one another – their only substitute, if they abandon money, is the muzzle of a gun.”
Ayn Rand, from her book, "Atlas Shrugged".
I've become a capitalist, ever since ive changed the way i see my world.
I no longer see a world where there isn't enough money, a world of fear and insecurity, discontent for not having enough, carrying beliefs of limitation, limiting yourself to "just getting by", holding Marxist thoughts where if some were to make a lot of money it means it is being taken from others and the like. All of it is just plainly a world of scarcity.
You cannot experience wealth when you see a world of scarcity. When i made my decision, i decided to no longer fear not having enough money. I decided to take the path of freedom. I decided to take control. I lived my whole life in this plague of fear. I was only able to see it when i took a chance to open my mind and step outside. Step outside into another reality. Step outside the thoughts that were fed to me all my life. The thoughts of fear that is driving so many people without them even realising it.
I put an end to that life. I'm sick of not having enough not to give. I want to give more. I want to create more. I want to be more. I can only give what i already have. I chose another path where i can make myself out to be what i want to be. I chose the path of freedom instead of security. All this happened to me because of one book. Just one book started to change my life. Only because i let it, and i'm glad i did.
ONE percent of the U.S. budget is $25 billion. There's more than enough money in the world for everyone if were to be distributed evenly. But in 5 five years, 10% of the population will once again control 90% of the world's money. Its not about how much you make or have, its what you do with it.
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