03-19-2009, 09:14 PM
Damon.
The reason may have been that almost every commodity and 95% of the population was the property of the 5% that was the ruling class.
In a system where there is no individual property ownership, money is not essential.
Money & ind. property enables a person to save the fruits of their labor.
Our society is doubly taxed. We are half slave to the state by paying 1/2 of our corn to the state. Most of the remaining portion of our wealth in our society is wasted on debt service, frivolity, sloth, false pride, our ignorance, etc.