Currency

[Isard]

Originally Posted by Human No More

Technically, it is not NEEDED for either.
Also, money to survive is understandable, but 99% of people try to hoard as much as they can and gain at the expense of others and the world, because there is so much they are told they want and have to buy, that they don't need, that they put themselves in debt for... That is the problem.

Because "back in the day", you didn't necessarily know when your next dinner was going to come calling. If you got a chance to stockpile, you did it. We can just do that on a grander scale now.