In the meantime silver and gold, the raw materials of money, get no more respect from anyone than their intrinsic value deserves — which is obviously far less than that of iron. Without iron human life is simply impossible, just as it is without fire or water — but we could easily do without silver and gold, if it weren't for the idiotic concept of scarcity-value. And yet kind Mother Nature has deliberately placed all her greatest blessings, like earth, air, and water, right under our noses, and tucked away out of sight the things that are no use to us.
Thomas More, in Utopia [pg 70]
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