No More Money!

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Today something crossed my mind, and it is something that we don’t often consider. And that is how will our world today be without money? That is if all the money present in the world right now were to disappear, how would the world take this change?

As we all know, money is now an integral part of the world today. We literally can’t do anything without it and it’s the motivation for a lot of things. Money is usually the motive behind a lot of crimes, it’s also the motivation behind some of man’s greatest inventions. Not all, just some. And for that reason, if all the money in the world were to mysteriously disappear, it would not take it lightly at all.

As we all know, there was a time when there was nothing like money. There was no general form of exchange that could be equated. What became known as trade by barter was actually not limited to goods. Services were also involved. Mr. A could do something for Mr. B, and in return, Mr. B will either do something else for him or he would give him some goods in appreciation.

Thanks to this practice, when money came out, not everyone was allowed to own it. Back then, there was no school, and the community physician did most of his work for free because the community fed him. Adding to this, the peasants were mostly farmers. They grew their food in vast farmlands, and they sold some in return for other goods as well. So you see, they did not have a need for money back then.

Only the top people in the community then had money and they kept it circulating within them.

But then, thanks to civilization, the eyes of the people opened up and soon they spread out to everyone. Money has evolved from what it used to be. From the cowries to gold, to coins, and then paper, and finally crypto. I wonder what the next form of money that will sweep the world by storm will be like.

_{David Bartus}

While parents send their children to school to become upstanding members of society and be at par with their peers so that they can seize whatever opportunity that avails itself to them, also for the children to be sound in all aspects of their lives, one of the core reason is money.

Children will grow up to be adults, and an adult that can’t make money in today’s world will be seen as a joke. And this will not be done by people, but by life itself. Because the bills come in whether you have something to do or not, bills don’t care if you are making money. You just have to settle it when it comes knocking.

Money is the reason the world goes around because it’s the motivation behind people working hard day and night to be the best they can be. That promise of pay at the end of the month is what pushes many people out of their beds each morning and for every working day of that month. It is what makes them endure horrible bosses and insufferable colleagues, all because they know what they are after.

Money alone is one of the greatest motivators on the planet.

_Kuncheek

And now, when this money is taken away. Well, as Dr. Strange said in the Multiverse of Madness, “things just got out of hand.”

For the first few days when there will be no money, the world will be in confusion because this generation and the one before us do not know how to operate without money. Almost everything will shut down because there will be no more feasible pay for service rendered. The crime rate will also fall drastically, seeing as most crimes are motivated by money. The entire world will go on lockdown as world leaders will get around and try to figure out a way to solve the issue.

But we are humans, of course, so we will surely try to adapt. Businesses will try to resume again, but seeing as there is no money involved no one will want to work. There will be no more music or movies in the world because none of it pays anymore. The world will just be this floating dry stretch of boringness hanging out in space.

After a while, a solution will be gotten. One that will benefit the countries of the world. A way will be figured out that can serve as payment, not money but something akin to it. And slowly, people will start getting used to it and eventually become dependent on it once again. And the whole cycle will repeat itself.

Thankfully, such a thing can never happen. Instead of all the money vanishing, the world will just upgrade to something better and everyone will slowly adapt to the new way. None of us will even notice when it has become the main thing for us. Such is life.

_{Crypto Crow}

Thank you for reading. Feel free to drop your thoughts in the comments section, I would love to know. See you in the next post.

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