I Like/Dislike Money Because _________ .

[John Galt incarnate!]

Most people like money.

Some people have a  reasonable dislike of  money.

If you like money why do you like it?

If you dislike money why do you dislike it?

[SunnyYellow]

I like money because it gives me independence. After a hard lesson in what money is REALLY about (see below) I built up a stash of my own. Having money gives me incredible freedom. I don't need a man for anything but wonderful fun times  and, yes, love. My children will not need to support me financially in my older years; I can do that myself. If I need something, I can buy it. If I want to go somewhere, I go. I can help those I love, or donate to aid others. I taught my kids to regard money as a tool: you can do lots more with it than without it!

I dislike money because it can be used as a weapon. My first husband used money as a weapon. He had control of the assets and, well, I had nothing in my name. His house. His credit card. His cars. I trusted him, but trust amounted to nothing in the end. He threatened to divorce me and kick me out on the street with nothing whenever he wanted me to back down, so I backed down on everything. When we did divorce, he spent a lot of money trying ruin me, and came close. I found out rather too late that twenty years of marriage meant he couldn't kick me out with nothing. But weaponized money is something I'd rather never face again.

[Livingthedream55]

I like money because it gives me a feeling of safety and security. My stache gives me the freedom to live a comfortable but not spendypants life without ever having to go to work for money again. There is a wonderful feeling of peace that comes with having both an ample monthly passive income that covers all my needs with surplus for "wants" (travel mostly) and a significant emergency fund to cover major catastrophes, if needed.

I dislike (I am more saddened really) that the majority of my fellow countrymen and women have allowed themselves to accept the marketing drumbeat to spend, spend, spend and are in an almost drugged state of incapacity to behave any differently as far as money decisions go: "I can't..." "I could never..."

[cupcakery]

I like money because it gives me a sense of security and gives me options.

The only way I could say that I dislike money is that people get judged by how much they earn, how they spend, and that I think most things cost too much.

[solon]

I can't believe you like money too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZHCVyllnck

[Laura33]

I like money because it is power over my own life.  Not just the having it, but knowing I have the skills to earn it should I need more.

I don't like money because people use it as power over others. 

I like money because it is efficient and so much easier than making and storing some sort of useful thing and then finding someone to barter with. 

I don't like money because people value money in and of itself, separate and apart from the efficient service it is supposed to provide.  I don't like how "money services" take so many slices of the pie despite adding little to no value, and how those services have become so much more valued and profitable than actually making the underlying useful things that money is supposed to allow you to trade more efficiently.

[Bloop Bloop]

I like it because it gives me more options than most people in most situations.

[Assetup]

I like money because the barter system is cumbersome and I don't want to deal with that mess

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[js82]

I like *having* money, because it gives me the means to exercise control over my own life, and make choices motivated by factors other than economic survival.

I dislike money, when people use it as a measuring stick of someone's worth as a human being, and decide that wealth is a more important measure of a person than qualities such as kind-heartedness, honesty, work ethic, and intelligence.

[Missy B]

Why do I hate money? Because it makes great distortion possible; massive concentrations of wealth and power, including profound level of control of other people and the ability to manipulate not just markets but entire governments.
Why do I like money? Autonomy, freedom. Choices.

[Metalcat]

For me, money isn't anything in and of itself, so I don't really give it much thought.

Money is a placeholder for time/energy exchange, whose input values change over time. Investments are banked time/energy that can then be supplemented with more time.

Some exchanges are good value, some are bad value, but the money is just the mechanism by which we exchange our time and energy in life for goods and services.

So yes, I very much like time and energy, and I'm extremely careful about what I'm willing to exchange it for.

[dignam]

I like money because enough of it provides freedom, security, and independence.

I dislike it because it often brings out the worst traits in people.  That, and it tends to accumulate around people with some nasty qualities because we as a society tend to reward that.

[dd564]

I like money because enough of it provides freedom, security, and independence.

I dislike it because it often brings out the worst traits in people.  That, and it tends to accumulate around people with some nasty qualities because we as a society tend to reward that.

Is Bill Gates a person with nasty qualities?

[GuitarStv]

I like money, because there's a limit to how many jewels you can fill your underground lair with before it becomes gaudy . . . but neat stacks of coins and bills are always stylish.

[Metalcat]

I like money because enough of it provides freedom, security, and independence.

I dislike it because it often brings out the worst traits in people.  That, and it tends to accumulate around people with some nasty qualities because we as a society tend to reward that.

Is Bill Gates a person with nasty qualities?

Yes, even according to himself.

[dignam]

I like money because enough of it provides freedom, security, and independence.

I dislike it because it often brings out the worst traits in people.  That, and it tends to accumulate around people with some nasty qualities because we as a society tend to reward that.

Is Bill Gates a person with nasty qualities?

No.  Well, at least none that we can see.  But he seems like a great person for sure.

[John Galt incarnate!]

Methinks that Gates' monumental accomplishments  would require some nastiness  every now and then.

[Metalcat]

Methinks that Gates' monumental accomplishments  would require some nastiness  every now and then.

Am I the only one here remembering the 90s and Gates horrifying reputation back then???

[Psychstache]

Methinks that Gates' monumental accomplishments  would require some nastiness  every now and then.

Am I the only one here remembering the 90s and Gates horrifying reputation back then???

Right? I get that he is the great humanitarian now, but do a little research into cutthroat businessman of the early days of the PC Bill Gates and you may not like what you find.

[GuitarStv]

Methinks that Gates' monumental accomplishments  would require some nastiness  every now and then.

Am I the only one here remembering the 90s and Gates horrifying reputation back then???

Right? I get that he is the great humanitarian now, but do a little research into cutthroat businessman of the early days of the PC Bill Gates and you may not like what you find.

At least he was never as bad as Steve Jobs . . .

:P

[John Galt incarnate!]

At least he was never as bad as Steve Jobs . . .

:P

Was  Jobs an unyielding perfectionist?

[GuitarStv]

At least he was never as bad as Steve Jobs . . .

:P

Was  Jobs an unyielding perfectionist?

More of a violent asshole of a boss . . . who would promise people things and then yell and scream at his developers when they couldn't deliver, and sexually harass employees.

[undercover]

Methinks that Gates' monumental accomplishments  would require some nastiness  every now and then.

Am I the only one here remembering the 90s and Gates horrifying reputation back then???

Right? I get that he is the great humanitarian now, but do a little research into cutthroat businessman of the early days of the PC Bill Gates and you may not like what you find.

I love how nearly every billionaire’s Wikipedia describes them as a “philanthropist”. Like, no shit, if I had more money than I could spend in hundreds of lifetimes I’m pretty sure I’d be spending at least some of my time giving it away too.

[Metalcat]

At least he was never as bad as Steve Jobs . . .

:P

Was  Jobs an unyielding perfectionist?

More of a violent asshole of a boss . . . who would promise people things and then yell and scream at his developers when they couldn't deliver, and sexually harass employees.

Yeah, just like Gates. He was a notoriously aggressive and controlling bully.

[Bateaux]

I like money because I can buy bicycles.

[Just Joe]

I like money b/c it is pretty.... ;)

I carry cash so infrequently these days that seeing a twenty dollar bill occasionally is interesting.

My days lately have been so repetitive and predictable (not in a bad way) that cash isn't really necessary.

I just put gas in the car occasionally and visit the grocery store. Maybe visit the hardware store.

I like money b/c I can keep the family housed, warm, and fed with it. I remember my single guy days when money was not always reliable. I disliked the insecurity of it all. 

[Metalcat]

I like money b/c it is pretty.... ;)

I carry cash so infrequently these days that seeing a twenty dollar bill occasionally is interesting.

My days lately have been so repetitive and predictable (not in a bad way) that cash isn't really necessary.

I just put gas in the car occasionally and visit the grocery store. Maybe visit the hardware store.

I like money b/c I can keep the family housed, warm, and fed with it. I remember my single guy days when money was not always reliable. I disliked the insecurity of it all.

Our Canadian plastic money with its holograms and clear panels is very pretty, and people think it smells like maple.

[GuitarStv]

I like money b/c it is pretty.... ;)

I carry cash so infrequently these days that seeing a twenty dollar bill occasionally is interesting.

My days lately have been so repetitive and predictable (not in a bad way) that cash isn't really necessary.

I just put gas in the car occasionally and visit the grocery store. Maybe visit the hardware store.

I like money b/c I can keep the family housed, warm, and fed with it. I remember my single guy days when money was not always reliable. I disliked the insecurity of it all.

Our Canadian plastic money with its holograms and clear panels is very pretty, and people think it smells like maple.

The holograms are awesome.  Makes me feel like I'm paying for stuff with a comic book released in the mid 90s when that stuff was futuristic and cool.

[John Galt incarnate!]

I like money because it gives me a sense of security and gives me options.

I like money because it is power over my own life.

I like it because it gives me more options than most people in most situations.

I like *having* money, because it gives me the means to exercise control over my own life.

I like money because enough of it provides freedom, security, and independence.

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Each of these answers is from a different Mu$tachian who posted upthread.

I expected their similarity.

I agree with these answers.

[iris lily]

I like money because it gives me options in life.

I can’t think of reasons why I dislike money other than probably micro reasons. But it is true that the love of money has and will cause some issues in my relations with other humans. I try to be mindful of that character weakness.

[Metalcat]

I like money b/c it is pretty.... ;)

I carry cash so infrequently these days that seeing a twenty dollar bill occasionally is interesting.

My days lately have been so repetitive and predictable (not in a bad way) that cash isn't really necessary.

I just put gas in the car occasionally and visit the grocery store. Maybe visit the hardware store.

I like money b/c I can keep the family housed, warm, and fed with it. I remember my single guy days when money was not always reliable. I disliked the insecurity of it all.

Our Canadian plastic money with its holograms and clear panels is very pretty, and people think it smells like maple.

The holograms are awesome.  Makes me feel like I'm paying for stuff with a comic book released in the mid 90s when that stuff was futuristic and cool.

Yes!!! 90s comics, that's exactly what it reminds me of!

I just don't like that the plastic money slips out of my money clip.

[GuitarStv]

I've always made it a rule to never carry enough money on my person to clip.

[Missy B]

At least he was never as bad as Steve Jobs . . .

:P

Was  Jobs an unyielding perfectionist?

More of a violent asshole of a boss . . . who would promise people things and then yell and scream at his developers when they couldn't deliver, and sexually harass employees.

Yeah, just like Gates. He was a notoriously aggressive and controlling bully.

Yeah. I don't understand the hero-worship of Jobs. Or the Apple-cult, for that matter.
Gates seems to have mellowed and matured somewhat and I'm heartened to see him taking on these huge global problems because I believe he has the skill sets and approach needed to get results, as well as the money.
That doesn't change what he did or that many people in his industry have ample reason to loathe him.