#+title: Money is a tool to avoid having a social relation
- tags :: [[file:20200716125140-money.org][money]]
- source :: [[https://twitter.com/drumm_colin/status/1372219908470153220]]

#+begin_quote
Money is a thing that we use to avoid having a social relation.
--- Colin Drumm, 3/17/21
#+end_quote

I think this encapsulates what money does well. Within [[file:capitalism.org][capitalism]] money allows
for people to purchase things without having a direct social relation, i.e. I
don't need to expect anyone to make my clothes for me directly. I have no clue
who makes my clothes, and money enables this kind of social relation, rather
than a direct one.

Without money, in [[file:20200707205056-communism.org][communism]], we'd need a way of having something similar, lest
everyone is to make their own clothes (which maybe they do!).