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Why Money will be the Death of Capitalism

Chris Herd
5 min readOct 10, 2017

People do astounding things for money; they subject themselves to heinous conditions, participate in the most degrading circumstances and waste their most precious resource, time, in the pursuit of it.

That money makes the world go round is the saddest reality of life

When the poor could be lifted from the depths of despair through simple investment but aren’t speaks of the greed intrinsic to humanity.

We see the richest among us giving back when they become octogenarians as a means to alleviate their guilt from the opulence and wealth they have selfishly hoarded and they expect adulation.

They are given it through knighthoods and recognition whitewashing the child labour and squalid conditions their factory workers in Bangladesh operate under

How can the wealthiest elite watch the lifeblood of clean water flow from their gold plated taps while cognisant of the millions of children dying from water-borne diseases in another country?

If you are giving back you have

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Chris Herd
Chris Herd

Written by Chris Herd

CEO / Founder / Coach @FirstbaseHQ Empowering people to work in their lives not live at work ✌️✌

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