Lol. Well- the system is rigged. Very few if any aren’t, even if unintended.
Money ISN’T worthless- that’s sort of the point- money is a placeholder of value- so it has no INHERENT WORTH beyond whatever uses you have for the physical currency (fire kindling, using a coin to turn a screw or create a fishing lure etc etc…) the worth of money comes from an agreement of its worth- which is largely the same with all things. One could argue that water is “valuable,” but… is it? It’s relative isn’t it? Picture a world returned to “pre civilization” where you live in a wilderness with a few other people. If that wilderness has abundant fresh water, you probably won’t trade hard to get meat or such for water that is right outside your camp- but let’s take economics out of it and assign value as more ambiguous- if someone gave you a cup of lake water while you are standing in the lake- you probably won’t value that very highly. It may at best warrant a polite thank you.
If we go to a point where value is defined as potential- in other words water is valuable no matter how abundant it is because without it you will die- well… in a market trade society with currency the same can be said- that it to say most people would not have access to fresh water or many other things necessary for survival if they didn’t have money. Money loses its value when it no longer can be traded for the things you want or need- but if you have a sack of money and access to abundant commerce you can get what you need when you need it. If you have a sack of water bottles or dried fish and need something you can’t find around you- you don’t have many options either! So that is debatable.
The last bit about the lying media is… also false. If we took the cynical stance that ALL media is false at face value- let’s do that for arguments sake- the media still Isn’t all lies. Why? Simply put there is truth in almost every lie. Of course lies often contain some element of fact- it’s a bit of a given as a lie generally needs to be believable or try to be. That said- what I mean is that the lies we are told, the timing of those lies, who is telling them, who benefits, etc. are all ways that lies tell the truth. A lie about a persons strength may tell the truth of their weakness depending on the context and timing. Ask why is something being reported in media and why now if all times? A well oiled prolog and a machine with an agenda doesn’t just run random stories as a general rule- they are setting the stage or steering perception or moving goal posts on social conventions etc.
Think of it like this- most people won’t tell you out of nowhere: “I just wanted to let you know I’m completely healthy and do not have a contagious disease.” To the contrary- if someone is suddenly trying to convince you they don’t have a contagious disease without anything that would prompt the question on the matter- they likely want you to believe that… but most of us generally assume certain things if they are unsaid- in a conversation you generally don’t tell the other person you have no intention of murdering them every few minutes as an “update.” So unless there is reason to suspect the other person might murder you that is obvious to you both, or the other person is thinking about murdering you and doesn’t want you to think they are… they won’t likely tell you they don’t plan to murder you.
So when one news agency is suddenly running stories on an actor or actress you forgot about- that agency likely is linked to a studio or other entity with interest in that actors career. They likely want to get that persons face out there so they can launch an upcoming project with them and have “name recognition,” or they want to gauge what the public interest and impression of the person is and maybe influence or so they can decide how marketable they are or how to best market and use that person.
There are a million ways a lie tells the truth- this is an essence of business, diplomacy, politics, etc. remember that basically everyone is always lying to you. It’s human nature. You know the memes- “when I use personality 5 with friends group C” or such- most of us wear masks. We have insecurities or secrets etc. information is power. Knowing about a person and their life even are a type of power. The more a person knows about you the harder it is to lie no? Wether that lie is saying you need to watch your dog when they know you have no dog or that your brother watches the dog, or saying that you aren’t mad when you are. We know people will take advantage of us- we know people will troll etc. we often hide our emotions to manage the perceptions of others or protect ourselves.
You might act tougher than you are to discourage bullies or project authority. You might act like something doesn’t bother you because you don’t want people to see they can use that to get under your skin or because you feel like you’d be seen as less “equal” for it. You might try to hide the extent of your feelings or reliance towards someone because you fear that if they knew that they could “get away” with certain things or even take advantage of you- they might. The higher the stakes, whatever the stakes from love or money, getting what we want like a specific home or our future career etc- the less likely we tend to be to be completely open because we don’t want to be at a disadvantage. So we basically all wear masks or lie. Say we are ok with things we aren’t or whatever little untruths we feel we need to tell in order to avoid the unpleasant or achieve a goal.
Because of this, navigating the lies and halve truths of our fellow humans is an essential skill for social success. Knowing when someone says they are ok but aren’t, when they act like a friend but aren’t, when they say they won’t hurt you but will etc.
we learn to discern truth from lies. Most people learn early on that adults often say “maybe” when they mean “no.” Most people learn fairly early on that someone who promises to “love you forever,” especially after a short time knowing you- probably isn’t going to be around the rest of your life or perhaps even after they have whatever they want to get from you. Most people know that when their fiends is invited somewhere and says: “we can see, call me later on this….” It usually means they don’t want to go but don’t want to say no either.
These sorts of things.
Money ISN’T worthless- that’s sort of the point- money is a placeholder of value- so it has no INHERENT WORTH beyond whatever uses you have for the physical currency (fire kindling, using a coin to turn a screw or create a fishing lure etc etc…) the worth of money comes from an agreement of its worth- which is largely the same with all things. One could argue that water is “valuable,” but… is it? It’s relative isn’t it? Picture a world returned to “pre civilization” where you live in a wilderness with a few other people. If that wilderness has abundant fresh water, you probably won’t trade hard to get meat or such for water that is right outside your camp- but let’s take economics out of it and assign value as more ambiguous- if someone gave you a cup of lake water while you are standing in the lake- you probably won’t value that very highly. It may at best warrant a polite thank you.
we learn to discern truth from lies. Most people learn early on that adults often say “maybe” when they mean “no.” Most people learn fairly early on that someone who promises to “love you forever,” especially after a short time knowing you- probably isn’t going to be around the rest of your life or perhaps even after they have whatever they want to get from you. Most people know that when their fiends is invited somewhere and says: “we can see, call me later on this….” It usually means they don’t want to go but don’t want to say no either.
These sorts of things.