How Money Dominates Thoughts and Decisions in Society

This blog discusses the way money controls people's thoughts and decision. Hence, the topic is called "How Money Dominates Thoughts and Decisions in Society"

You wake up in the morning feeling famished and wondering what to eat. You don’t have anything to eat in the house. So you go to a store to get some bread and butter. You pick the bread and butter and start to leave. The storekeeper stops you and asks you to pay for the bread and butter. So you pay for the goods and leave. That's how the start of your day gets dominated by the power of money. It's not just you, it happens to everyone around the globe who are living and breathing. Let's see how money dominates thoughts and decisions in society.

Origin of Money

Crazy how human evolve with time on the basis of intelligence. In every stage of history, people faced a lot of problems regarding consumption of goods. Like the term "Bartering", where people used to exchange goods unequally with other people to fulfill their need. To solve the unequal exchange, people started to use cowrie shells. But people couldn't carry too many cowrie shells at a time. So they start using bronze, silver and gold to carry more value with fewer items. And with the change of time, people started using currency made out of paper to carry a lot at a time. After the beginning of banking business, the final paper currency has made its way in the world that we now use. This is how money came in existence. To solve inequality of exchanging proprietorship. In this digital era, digital currency has also made Its way to civilization. 

Power of Money

From an atom of cell to a person, from a pile of dirt to an island, everything that is in existence can be measured and owned by the use of money. You want a car, money will bring you a car. You want a tiger, money can give you that. Likewise, you want a human slave, money can also bring you that. There’s no such thing that money can not buy. Money can give you respect, voice, position, fame etc. Money is so powerful tool that it can either place you high or destroy you in a couple of moments. It is so powerful that people should sometimes think before using it. 

Effect on Behavior 

Money can put a big influence in a person's behavior. A person who has a lot of money tends to spent more on luxury stuffs and try to lead a luxurious life. To that person, thinking twice before spending is a myth. Rich people don’t care much about the bank balance. And sure enough, they also find the way to retrieve the money they spend by doing big business. They follow high value standards to stay in the rich club society, which makes them different from others. On the other hand, A person who has a limited amount of money has to think before spending it. He has to limit his costs to survive with the little money he has. This puts a massive impact on the person's behavior and standard. He cannot spend money carelessly as he has to maintain balance according to his status. This is how a person with limited money develops the mentality of spending money wisely. 

Addiction of money

People always tend to show off their wealth to other people. From far past, people developed the craze for possession. The more wealth you have, the more possession you hold in the society. So every person in the society craves wealth to hold possession. This is where people fall into the addiction of money. People follow either the healthy process or the dark mentality to get money. Those who works and hustles to earn money follows the healthy process. On the other hand, people who choose easy money always gets mingled in crimes like stealing, fraudulent, murder, occupying, piracy etc. Whether a healthy process or a dark process, addiction of money can get people to do anything. 

Human Productivity

As we discussed the addiction of money, human productivity is mostly linked to it. The obsession of money pushes people to work and struggle hard. The hunger of earning money pushes a person to his last limit. This obsession increases a person's productivity. People starts to develop skills, learn working in different fields, learn to work, develop ideas and creative thoughts. This leads not only a person to success but also a nation to progress. A hardworking person is respected by all in the society. Society gives him a chance to speak and listen to his ideas and proposals. All these come from the obsession of money. 

Domination

If we see through the history, those who have money always have an upper hand in every scenario. Whether it is political, social, international affairs, communal etc. Countries like U.S.A., Saudi Arabia, China, Russia always lead the International affairs. From aiding a nation to convincing in different actions, these countries have always had an upper hand over other small countries. Just because of financial power. These are some of the economically stable countries which holds the financial power. These countries can start a big war, or they can make peace easily. They can dominate others by interfering. They can even control a war like a puppeteer. Money gave them this power. The power of domination. Money brought them advanced technology, Strong infrastructure, advanced military power, advanced research facility. By using these, the countries develop and grow big to dominate international affairs. 

Conclusion

This topic is a very large discussion. There are a lot of points about it. But It can not be fully discussed through a blog. But overall, the main scenario is, "Money" holds the power to control everything. It works like a fuel of life. It can dominate thoughts and decisions. And it can make differences. Now you decide if it is a tool of prosperity or a tool of destruction. 

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