Money has been massively stigmatized, because that is a prerequisite for centralizing control over economic interaction.
The beneficiaries of this centralized control are any one who depends on government spending or regulatory restrictions for their job, it's your parents and neighbours, your partner and cousin. This is a massive cohort - who are over-represented in the top 10% of income earners [1] - who participate in the manufacturing of consent for restrictions on our right to engage in mutually voluntary economic interactions with other consenting adults.
The beneficiaries of this centralized control are any one who depends on government spending or regulatory restrictions for their job, it's your parents and neighbours, your partner and cousin. This is a massive cohort - who are over-represented in the top 10% of income earners [1] - who participate in the manufacturing of consent for restrictions on our right to engage in mutually voluntary economic interactions with other consenting adults.
[1] https://www.hoover.org/research/california-state-government-...