Money has been the unit by which wealth is measured; those regarded as rich and wealthy have money in abundance (in what ever form it may be) and those who are called poor are wanting of money. As a result of the social classes that the possession and lack of money has made in the society, money is regarded as the source of power and control. They that possess money in abundance seem to assume control and power over those who do not (consciously or unconsciously).
This possession of wealth has been said (according to psychological and social experiments) to lead to hatred of the rich by the poor and lack of compassion for the poor by the rich. The interplay of these two forces has put the desire and acquisition of money in an unfriendly state; as the root of all of society’s misfortunes and evil.