If capitalism is so good why is money the root of all evil?

Question

so what u are all saying is that human nature is evil, capitalism creates greed therefore capitalism is also evil.

Answer 1

Would you prefer Communism? Or how about Islam-ism? Capitalism is certainly not perfect but it beats the He-- out of the rest! And as for Money,it has never been the root of all evil,just the love of it! Money talks and Bull-Sh-- walks!

Answer 2

as the first guy points out, it is the love of maney that is the root of all evil.

anyway, i never said capitalism is so good.

Answer 3

Life is simple we make it hard.

Confucius

Answer 4

Money isn't the root of all evil, Government is.  Try to answer this question:

Does government prevent more needless deaths than it causes?  If the answer is no (and I think you'd be hard-pressed to say that it does, considering all the people murdered by tyrants such as Adolph Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong), then why not just abolish the government?

Answer 5

because it just is! sorry to say..but this world only cares about money..its kinda sad..but yeah..=[

Answer 6

How can one reject greed without understanding what greed is?

Answer 7

I don't believe money is the root of all evil, just the LOVE of money!  People that will do anything to get there hands on a few bucks are usually not very nice people...

Answer 8

According the Irish playwright,George Bernard Shaw, it is the lack of money that is the root of all evil.  

Once people get a lot of it, they  are able to turn into philanthropists, endow colleges, and send their sons off to be inspiring presidents of the United States.  (I'm  thinking of Joseph Kennedy, not George H.W. Bush).

Money itself -- the medium of exchange -- is of course this miraculous invention that is as fundamental to economics and prosperity as language is to civilization and culture.

It’s not money that causes evil, it is greed.-

Answer 9

Money is not the root of all evil. People are. In any -ism.

Answer 10

So you think that money is the root of all evil?"

"Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can't exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to deal with one another must deal by trade and give value for value. Money is not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears, or of the looters, who take it from you by force. Money is made possible only by the men who produce. Is this what you consider evil?

"Money is your means of survival. The verdict you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is the verdict you pronounce upon your life. If the source is corrupt, you have damned your own existence. Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men's vices or men's stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope of getting more than your ability deserves? By lowering your standards? By doing work you despise for purchasers you scorn? If so, then your money will not give you a moment's or a penny's worth of joy. Then all the things you buy will become, not a tribute to you, but a reproach; not an achievement, but a reminder of shame. Then you'll scream that money is evil. Evil, because it would not pinch-hit for your self-respect? Evil, because it would not let you enjoy your depravity? Is this the root of your hatred of money?