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The truth about money is, while it may have been "just a tool" in the past, not only does it fail to accurately represent "value"...but it has become a fundamentalist ideology.
All sides of the political spectrum are in this cult, some believing too little money is the problem, some believing too much money is the problem, and most believing that we should strive for a large "middle-class." The reality is, money has become a disastrous tool that measures nothing; it is so removed from environmental constraints, human need, and even sustaining itself systemically/stably, that it is completely broken. It corrupts you if you have too little, it corrupts you if you have too much, but it even corrupts you if you have this -supposed- "right amount"; it just continually corrupts.
Culturally, we must get away from seeing each other as economic units: customers, consumers, employees, servers, donors, soldiers, "content creators," bosses, professionals, "unskilled labor," or even the concession of "essential workers"... boxes within boxes of humanity destroying categories. Serving your fellow man is a great thing, but the bulk of your human worth shouldn't depend on your ability to generate profit for a corporation.
We must move towards a Resource-Based Economy, one where "value" has a relationship with sustainability, meeting needs, and solving problems. Where any abstractions, widgets, or liability limiting entities are there to serve the PEOPLE and planet, not the other way around.
