π΅ Money can not buy you Happiness and happiness is the most valuable currency I know of. Happiness runs from money, But Everything & Everyone chases Happiness Naturally.
Let me start with my most favorite quote from " Epicurus " who was/is a 4000 year ago Philosopher.
π° Historically wealth was/is stored in Gold by wealthy people but they needed a way to protect and yet access their wealth. Enter the banking system or hired armed protection.
π΅ A little slip of paper that could be exchanged by the owner for Gold that was easy to travel with and that had a measure of protection was created by banks. The rest is yours to study, Nuff said. π
π Imagine now, if you will? Regardless of how much wealth you want to stash away, Be it $10 or $10 Billion can be kept in your brain! that nobody in the world is aware of but you! Yes, extreme freedom but right now the more you stash the harder it is to keep your wealth from prying eyes, But even if they see, can never be touched without your willingness to let them at it, Even if that un-willingness meant that the wealth you claim as yours is taken into the afterlife with you! Many have tried and all been ripped off in the end by people they trusted that said " You can't take it with you " only after you have passed along. πNo longer the case.
π Maybe collected as a Historical artifact like Steam Trains are collected or even oil wells, but otherwise useless in the face of usefulness in the face of Evolution. π
π° The story has only just begun, and only the forward has been written if even that? Freedom to do as you wish with the fruits of your labors. But only after many have suffered and died for humanity's freedoms in maybe generations that are to come. shall have there day/days of memory to be honored as the Warriors that refused to let humanity be enslaved by a ruling class any longer than need be.
β When your offspring for millennia to come look you up like you wish you could study your great ancestors! who will they find? A Sheppard or just a sheep?
No worries My Friend, Likes or Votes and social standing will mean little to you at that point in time. π Unless you have a belief in the afterlife ( eternity ) that is. See You All there. π