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Money is the root of all evil

It isn't money that's the root of all evil - according to the Bible, at least - but the love of money. It would seem a little disingenuous for mankind to blame all of its problems on an inanimate, abstract concept - as Douglas Adams said, it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.

The relentless pursuit of wealth, though, as a human act, can certainly be blamed for an awful lot. Would the war in Iraq really be going on if there wasn't something... oily about it? I guess you should ask the citizens of Burma and, say, Saudi Arabia about the spread of democracy. No medical insurance? That's maybe to do with doctors having to charge more to cover their own insurance against the greedy suing them for malpractice. How many bad politicians have been elected on the promise of tax cuts? How many people have died in transport accidents due to people cutting back on safety?

That's not to say the love of power isn't a root of at least some evil. The love of self as well. And, in certain cases, the love of God - there have certainly been more wars founded on religious or ideological differences than over money.

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