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Any child that would choose money over oreos has obviously been "taught the value of money." In such a case, I suggest perhaps it is the parent that trained that child that may need to learn something about money.
Money has zero actual value in and of itself. The money we use was created specifically so that the PTB could control all economic decisions. In order to ensure they could exert that control they forced everyone to use their "money" by creating income tax which is the only way that fiat money can be convincing enough, and then by brainwashing everyone to believe it was the best way, by controlling all economic education and research, thus creating all the "experts" to reinforce the false belief. They literally created the belief most people have in their money specifically to, through that belief, rule the world.
It's The Grand Illusion. The child may "just love sugar," but that is because sugar has intrinsic value. It has a real effect on the Universe (a chemical reaction). Money (Federal Reserve notes) has an illusionary effect, it isn't real. It is motivated and controlled completely by a false belief, i.e. a belief in something that doesn't actually exist (has no real causal effect on the universe) and exists only in the heads of the brainwashed.
Saying money is "real" because it can be used to buy things is akin to saying that Unicorns are "real" because you can swap stories about them. No. Unicorn stories exist, but unicorns themselves don't have any real interaction with the rest of the Universe. Its reality only exists in the minds of those who have been made to believe in their realness through the stories themselves, i.e. those who have been brainwashed. They may find value in "swapping stories" about Unicorns, and they may even trade something of real value for that story, but that doesn't make the Unicorns themselves real (have a real causal input into the universe). Such story swapping only reinforces the belief, which is "valuable" to the story swappers, but it doesn't give Unicorns reality or value in and of themselves.
If you were to force people to give Unicorn stories to the Fed once a year or be jailed, Unicorn stories would have "value" in the sense that they "buy you another year of freedom," but that is only because of the coercion, the scam itself. If we used Unicorn stories instead of Federal Reserve notes as "income tax" people would do whatever they could to gain enough Unicorn stories to keep themselves out of jail, but it wouldn't make Unicorns themselves real.
Oreos have a real causal input into the Universe. It thus has real value. Money has none. If you take away income tax (which is thievery, a protection racket), the Illusion completely collapses, and the money we use instantly shows itself as worthless. Not a single person would use it, the Illusion would be revealed, and everyone would choose the Oreos, because the Oreos have intrinsic value and the Federal Reserve Notes do not.
I agree with the premise of your argument, but you are barking up the wrong tree. Intrinsic value is not the only measure of value. We agree on the value of things when it comes to trade. What you find valuable is not necessarily what I find valuable. When enough people agree on the value of an object, we form a currency. Seashells have no intrinsic value, but they worked as a currency for 10,000 years. I would never agree to use Oreos as a currency because Oreos decompose. Their intrinsic value does not stand the test of time, so they are worthless to me.
Are you a parent? Every child is different. Mine just so happened to see his parents purchase goods at a store and through observation has arrived at the conclusion that dollars and coins can be traded for toys. He loves treats, but he values toys more. He sees numbers, uses them to count objects, and decided on his own that larger numbers are better. I give him the freedom to make choices and the positive or negative consequences dictate how he chooses in the future.
Yes they do. They were used both for adornment, which is a real effect, and for construction (building walls), which is also a real effect. If it is real, i.e. actually exists, it has value. While I agree that not everyone agrees on the value of everything, everyone knows if something has actual value, as in, it can be used to have causal input into the universe, vs. if it has no value, as in, it can't actually have any real effect on anything, except in a state of perpetual faith.
False. Currency (a medium of exchange for barter) only exists when an authority demands it, or, in the case of the sea shells, when it has real use outside of it's use for currency. Look at history, look at every single "currency" (as you mean the term), you will find it was always demanded by the Priests (Temple, i.e. a ruling body), a King, or some other ruling body that demands its use for tax, or "to pay for prayers," etc., or demands its use as a currency of account, which is again, generally part of a taxation system (religious or governmental or both). Every single currency always comes from the ruling body, or, in the case of shells, has other useful value that everyone in the society uses (shells were used to build houses).
You may not realize it, but you are proving my point with this. This is exactly what brainwashing is, and how it self-persists through generations.
If the system is set up so that valuing money gives an economic advantage, then money becomes "valuable," even if it doesn't actually have any value. That is an Illusion of value, through the creation and self-perpetuation of a brilliantly constructed, but fraudulent system of thievery, and the perpetuation of the rulership class.
Ohhhhh, I get it now. You are just insane. You consider usefulness to be the only measure of value, and anybody who says otherwise is wrong. As far as currency is concerned, kids come up with currencies on their own without even knowing what money is or how it works. My siblings and I wanted to accumulate as much marbles as possible because MORE == BETTER. And then we would trade marbles for other cool stuff that we had. Nobody demanded we pay taxes or anything. That is just laughably crazy to believe that is the only reason currency has existed. You consider observational learning to be brainwashing... got it. Like I said, I agree that fiat currency is a scam, but the rest of the nonsense you are spewing is just that... nonsense.
This is not a direct address of anything I said, nor do I have any idea why you think this is true. I'm not sure what I said that angered you, but it isn't helpful to a reasonable conversation.
Marbles have real value. How are you not getting it? Marbles are a natural currency because of their intrinsic value. They are pretty, you can use them to play games. You can roll them around which is fun and teaches people about physics (exploration of natural phenomena). Some are prettier than others. All of those things are real effects; real value, distinct from their use as a currency.
That is because no one needed to make those demands for you to use marbles because they had real value.
You obviously have not studied monetary history. Do a deep dive. You will find corroboration for all of my statements. Currency only exists for two reasons, intrinsic value, or fiat (demands from authority). Period. All you have to do is look and you will find the evidence, it's literally everywhere. Suggesting such a statement is "laughably crazy" is... I don't want to say "ignorant beyond reason," because that's rude, so I'll just say I don't think you've actually put any study into this at all.