Money is the most important thing in life

How can anyone say that they are fine living on beans from paycheck to paycheck? Accidents and illnesses will happen, to both you and to your family. Money needs to be there for that. Your children will need day care, they will need a college education, and your parents will need nursing homes. You are expected to be a provider, and a good one.

I suggest you look at money from an economist's perspective (which is mine as I am double majoring in it).  Money is not money (ignoring the filthy rich who hoard cash).  Money is a car.  Money is food on the table.  Money is a home.  Those things are important, and money is those things.  Money is healthy family members, and healthy family members is important, so money is important.  But if there were other ways to obtain those things, money would be unimportant, but those things still would be.

You are suggesting that the most important thing on a trip to Hawaii is the airplane, and completely ignoring the fact that Hawaii is the most important thing about a trip to Hawaii.

Money has no intrinsic value, therefore it cannot be the most important thing in life.

It's just one of the many tools one uses to gain happiness. We could argue whether money is a more important tool in this task than other tools, but that doesn't change that happiness is the most important thing in life and the ultimate goal to achieve.

The previous two posts say it well.  Money is only a means to an end.

Typically, sweat shop workers make more than the average income. It would be like telling people who make roughly 45,000/yr in the US that their job is shit and they should complain and demand better wages.

Your sources are greatly appreciated!

To be fair, our liver is actually the most important thing in life; without it you would die shortly, thus impairing your ability to earn money or subsequently spend it for anything.

Becoming 'very rich' does not require you to run a sweatshop, or run a company with sweatshop conditions.

Oh, I'm sure.  New and brilliant ways of screwing people over are invented all the time.

To be fair, our liver is actually the most important thing in life; without it you would die shortly, thus impairing your ability to earn money or subsequently spend it for anything.

Are you implying that the liver is more vital than the heart or brain?

Quote from: Around And About on April 07, 2012, 02:30:03 PM

To be fair, our liver is actually the most important thing in life; without it you would die shortly, thus impairing your ability to earn money or subsequently spend it for anything.

Are you implying that the liver is more vital than the heart or brain?

Yep. 

Air is the most important thing in life; without it we would never live to make money.

Air is the most important thing in life; without it we would never live to make money.

Actually oxygen is the most important thing, without it the air could not sustain us.

Quote from: rooster on April 07, 2012, 08:21:08 PM

Air is the most important thing in life; without it we would never live to make money.

Actually oxygen is the most important thing, without it the air could not sustain us.

Actually the universe is the most important thing, without it existence could not sustain us.

Quote from: Around And About on April 07, 2012, 09:41:52 PM

Quote from: rooster on April 07, 2012, 08:21:08 PM

Air is the most important thing in life; without it we would never live to make money.

Actually oxygen is the most important thing, without it the air could not sustain us.

Actually the universe is the most important thing, without it existence could not sustain us.

Actually God is the most important thing, without Him we would have no universe.

Says the great book of oppression.

Quote from: rooster on April 07, 2012, 08:21:08 PM

Air is the most important thing in life; without it we would never live to make money.

Actually oxygen is the most important thing, without it the air could not sustain us.

Actually lungs are the most important thing, without them we could never breathe in the oxygen to sustain us.

You could live several minutes without lungs.  Porn, on the other hand...

You could live several minutes without lungs.  Porn, on the other hand...

sustain being the operative word.

Irrelevant.

Whenever I read one of these threads, random lines from Weird Al's "" class="bbc_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">This Is the Life" play through my head the whole time. It's a fascinating thing.

I Think Zeteticism is the most important thing in life. And I thank Master Willmore for breathing new life into Zetetic thoery, thank you.

The richest people in society are sociopaths. They did not get that way by being caring and loving employers.

Incorrect.  I would say some, maybe quite a few, but not all.

Quote from: Irushwithscvs on April 07, 2012, 10:03:16 PM

Quote from: Around And About on April 07, 2012, 09:41:52 PM

Quote from: rooster on April 07, 2012, 08:21:08 PM

Air is the most important thing in life; without it we would never live to make money.

Actually oxygen is the most important thing, without it the air could not sustain us.

Actually the universe is the most important thing, without it existence could not sustain us.

Actually God is the most important thing, without Him we would have no universe.

Actually, mankind is the most important thing, because without it we woul-

Forget it.

Quote from: Irushwithscvs on April 07, 2012, 10:03:16 PM

Quote from: Around And About on April 07, 2012, 09:41:52 PM

Quote from: rooster on April 07, 2012, 08:21:08 PM

Air is the most important thing in life; without it we would never live to make money.

Actually oxygen is the most important thing, without it the air could not sustain us.

Actually the universe is the most important thing, without it existence could not sustain us.

Actually God is the most important thing, without Him we would have no universe.

Thank you AAA for this true and important insight. It has been noted to your account.

Quote from: Around And About on April 07, 2012, 10:08:22 PM

Quote from: Irushwithscvs on April 07, 2012, 10:03:16 PM

Quote from: Around And About on April 07, 2012, 09:41:52 PM

Quote from: rooster on April 07, 2012, 08:21:08 PM

Air is the most important thing in life; without it we would never live to make money.

Actually oxygen is the most important thing, without it the air could not sustain us.

Actually the universe is the most important thing, without it existence could not sustain us.

Actually God is the most important thing, without Him we would have no universe.

Thank you AAA for this true and important insight. It has been noted to your account.

Atoms are more important than God. They are.

Thank you, Hoppy. I think we can close and sticky this thread now.

If money was not the most important thing in life then why do we spend more time working than with our own families? We spend half our lives in school preparing to go into the world and start a career, and then spend eight hours of our day in dedication of it, yet some people dare say money isn't the most important thing in our lives.

Money provides your food, your housing, your clothing, and your health. You are sitting in a room surrounded with material things bought with money. You can live without love, but you cannot live life without money. Money provides the necessities of life, and this is why it is the must be embraced, not shunned. People with more of it should be idolized, not demonized.

Enjoying friendships, eating good food, going to parties, having interesting hobbies, reading books, and relaxing are all pleasure activities. How could a pleasure activity possibly compare with the very thing which allows all of that to happen?

It might be argued that health is more important than money, but an independently wealthy person has more opportunity to exercise often, eat expensive healthy foods, and better afford medical care than a person working 60 hours a week at service jobs. Money triumphs.

It is often said that love is more important than money, but this is easily seen to be a farce. There is no such thing as unconditional love between a man and a woman. Without exception, the woman who marries you will expect you to support the household and any children you bring into the world. You are expected to work for the rest of your life and do whatever it takes to support your family with cold hard cash.

If a married man quits his job, sells the house and all of its possessions, sells his car, moves into his parent's basement, uninterested in looking for gainful employment in preference of playing video games all day, is it likely that his wife will stick around to love him in his video game squalor? Likely not. Surely if love were more important than money, in such a situation the wife would desire to be with him no matter the circumstance.

Incorrect.
Basic necessities are the most important. It just so happens that money allows you to easily acquire them.

One can survive on a barter system. It's not easy but it did work once before.

Tom, you've already done this troll.  Running out of ideas? 

But the same people will respond as if this weren't a lame rerun!

Here Tom, a year hasn't even passed, the answers probably haven't changed much.

Here Tom, a year hasn't even passed, the answers probably haven't changed much.

I forgot about this one. Perhaps a mod can combine them. In the new one I believe I make a convincing argument for why money is more important than the love between a man and a woman.