Seashells have no intrinsic value

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.

When enough people agree on the value of an object, we form a currency.

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).

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

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.

I give him the freedom to make choices and the positive or negative consequences dictate how he chooses in the future.

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.

Seashells have no intrinsic value

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.

When enough people agree on the value of an object, we form a currency.

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).

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

You may not realize it, but you are proving my point with this. This is exactly what brainwashing is, and how it works through generations.

I give him the freedom to make choices and the positive or negative consequences dictate how he chooses in the future.

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.

Seashells have no intrinsic value

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.

When enough people agree on the value of an object, we form a currency.

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).

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

You may not realize it, but you are proving my point with this. This is how exactly what brainwashing is, and how it works through generations.

I give him the freedom to make choices and the positive or negative consequences dictate how he chooses in the future.

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.

Seashells have no intrinsic value

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 through faith.

When enough people agree on the value of an object, we form a currency.

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).

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

You may not realize it, but you are proving my point with this. This is how exactly what brainwashing is, and how it works through generations.

I give him the freedom to make choices and the positive or negative consequences dictate how he chooses in the future.

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.

Seashells have no intrinsic value

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 through faith.

When enough people agree on the value of an object, we form a currency.

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).

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

You may not realize it, but you are proving my point with this. This is how exactly what brainwashing is, and how it works through generations.

I give him the freedom to make choices and the positive or negative consequences dictate how he chooses in the future.

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.

Seashells have no intrinsic value

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 through faith.

When enough people agree on the value of an object, we form a currency.

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 it, or even just uses it at a currency of account. 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).

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

You may not realize it, but you are proving my point with this. This is how exactly what brainwashing is, and how it works through generations.

I give him the freedom to make choices and the positive or negative consequences dictate how he chooses in the future.

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.