Try rejecting money sometime and see who loses their marbles.
Money only holds power so long as people are willing to sell.
It's their national passtime.
Just so some of you who don't spy on everyone also know a little bit more about what's going on: A dispute over mass surveillance allowing people to watch everyone have sex any time has far more to do with all the insanity than the technocrats will ever be willing to admit.
It's actually a bit disconcerting how insanely stupid they get when their plans fall afoul of what should be really blatantly obvious flaws.
Makes sense now, that the Gnostics blamed "Forethought" for eventually destroying everything, seeing how badly everything collapses when reality doesn't align with plans set in motion well in advance.