words are our means of communication, that which raises man above beasts. we can think, we have concepts, we can write and pass our beliefs from one land to another, one generation to the next. pollute our relationships with flattery and manipulation, our languages with lies, propaganda, self-serving use of images, the prostitution of words and meaning, and we can no longer reach each other. we become isolated. nothing is real. we drown in a morass of the sham, the expedient. Deceipt, corruption, and betrayal---the lowest circles of hell.
ever since man aquired goods and leisure, specialized his skills and learned to cooperate one with another for everyone's benifit, we have used a common means of exchange----money. in fact, ever since we began anything one could call civilization and learned that we are more than a collection of individuals, each for himself, and formed the concept of community, money has been pivotal. pollute that, and you strike at the root of all society.
