Chapter Seventy-Three - Money as a Religion

CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE

Money as a Religion

LET’S GET REAL:
Money isn’t real.

It’s not gold.
It’s not paper.
It’s not numbers in a bank.

It’s a belief system.
A shared hallucination.
A religion with no god, just consensus.

Think about it.
We all agree this thing called “money” exists.
We assign it value.
We work for it.
We hoard it.
We fight over it.
We even judge ourselves morally by how much of it we have.

What does that sound like?

It sounds like faith.

Money has the same features as any other religion.

Sacred symbols: like dollar signs and euros.
High priests: like bankers, investors, and economists.
Temples: like Wall Street, central banks, and stock exchanges.
Scriptures: like balance sheets, market reports, and tax codes.
Myths: like “The invisible hand,” “trickle down,” and “financial freedom.”
Heaven and hell: called wealth or poverty.

The only difference is that this religion works on Sundays too.

And just like older religions, money demands sacrifice.

Your time.
Your energy.
Your creativity.
Your health.
Your relationships.
All offered up for the promise of security, status, and salvation through stuff.

The modern tithe isn’t 10% to a church.
It’s your whole life.

Worse?
This god doesn’t forgive.

You can believe your whole life and still be crushed by debt.
You can follow every rule and still go broke.
Because the god of money doesn’t love you.

It doesn’t care.
It just is.
A cold, mathematical force pretending to be holy.

And what’s wild is that we made it up.
We invented it.
We coded it into society.
And now it runs us like subconscious software.

We say we believe in freedom.
But most of us can’t even breathe without chasing dollars.

Which means:
Until we rewrite the script,
we’re stuck worshiping a god made of spreadsheets.