Side effect of stable society

The other day, when I was talking to my friend, she said

"I believe in money but not in people. Why? Because people might betray you but money does not."

I think this is reasonable.

But only when the value of money is relatively stable.

Since I live in Japan now, the value of money does not fluctuate to a large extent.

Most probably, the value of 10,000 yen remains the same after a year.

In this "stable" society, no wonder people believe in money rather than people.

Yes, people are generally susceptible to changes. Even you believe in a person today, he might betray you tomorrow.

But traveling around the world might remind you of another aspect of money; the value of money fluctuates.

When I was working in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and the Philippines, I encountered people who are not interested in believing in money at all.

I was wondering why.

I just thought that they are prone to present consumption rather than saving for the future.

But it might not be that simple.

They might have experienced drastic inflation in the past.

They might have experienced bank account blocking in the past.

Having been experienced these events, they don't believe in money. They believe in people.

Do you believe in money or in people?

No judgment.

That's your choice.