"Do you not like money?"

Attitudes Toward Money

• Many resonate with the article’s “dislike” of money: they tolerate it as a necessary interface with society but find it mentally draining, exploit-prone, and omnipresent in life decisions.
• Others say they “like” money mainly as security and optionality, not as an object; they prefer wealth as “nice things and freedom” rather than numbers in accounts.
• Some argue antipathy to money correlates with having little of it; others respond that you can depend on something for survival and still hate how it structures your life.

Love, Language, and Morality

• Several distinguish “liking” vs “loving” money or gadgets; “love” is seen by some as properly reserved for people and living things.
• Others think product/company “fandom” is almost always harmful, akin to religious or cult hooks being repurposed for brands.
• Religion is both invoked (Biblical warnings about love of money, golden calf) and criticized as a poor moral compass compared to simple secular principles like “don’t harm others gratuitously.”

Money as Technology, Tool, or Control Plane

• Money is framed as a neutral technology or “control plane” that coordinates what gets done; moral judgments on money itself are seen as unhelpful.
• Another view: money is an IOU from society—a tally of value you contributed and trust you extend that society will honor it.
• Some emphasize its necessity for complex economies and division of labor; others argue all physical production could still occur in a moneyless system, with money only altering incentives and decisions.

History and Nature of Money

• Commenters challenge the simple “barter → coins” story, citing gift/debt accounting and non-coin money systems; coinage is treated as one later implementation.
• Debate: gift economies scale poorly and need money-like mechanisms; skeptics say anthropological evidence for pure barter economies is weak, but lack of records leaves things unclear.

Capitalism, Inequality, and Alternatives

• Several distinguish “money” from “capitalism”: the latter is blamed for turning stored value into power to exploit, hoard, and distort markets.
• Strong concern about structural poverty (e.g., zero‑hour contracts) and wealth concentration; some claim poverty is effectively “designed in,” others attribute such outcomes to unintended consequences of regulation.
• Proposals/visions include UBI, heavy taxation of the wealthy, stronger social safety nets, and post-scarcity scenarios (often with skepticism about AI solving this).

Manipulation, Marketing, and Sales

• Personal stories highlight revulsion at high-pressure sales (“is your family important to you?”) and increasingly brazen, anxiety-inducing advertising.
• Some advocate deliberately exposing oneself to such tactics (e.g., timeshare pitches) as training to resist psychological manipulation.