[__MatrixMan__]

I'm not saying they're useless, or evil. They're just playing their part. I'm saying that in a just world we'd have found a different way to solve the problems that they solve.

For instance, I can get a loan from a bank for a mining operation that will contaminate the ground water somewhere. Thanks to bankers, I can expect that the locals will accept the money I'm paying my employees--since they can't distinguish it from any other money--even though they'd be much better off refusing it and continuing to drink clean water.

The way we practice money involves a loss of agency to whoever has less of it. A just world would require the consent of the locals, our world only requires that I prove to a banker that the operation will be profitable.

[quijoteuniv]

Amen