I like that view. I am of the opinion that currency, while a successful solution to trading - when the buyer has nothing of interest to the seller, money and the valuation of both parties' skillsets can be an intermediary, allowing amicable trade for otherwise incompatible trade - it has long been used to cause harm through greed, exclusivity and control etc. and has caused widespread avarice and obsession. Few people seem to recall what community and life without this enamour and worry with currency was like. Before all land was claimed and monetised by those who claimed power, and before every human was financially and heavily indebted to the applicable governments simply for existing.

Currency without malicious control shows promise. At some point society will need to figure out how to restart without currency becoming misused again.

the few interested in only money and power

Narcissists. Narcissists who refuse to acknowledge their issues just need to be taken out back and shot. End.

Every single problem with humanity can be traced back to narcissists.

I have thought a lot recently about how every thinker in ethics and moral philosophy seems to think that only elites matter. The definition of "elite" can be narrow or wide, but fuck it seems like the most enlightened amongst us do not even realize ordinary people exist beyond in an theoretical, academic sense.

People have various degrees of bigotry and stupidity, but you are 100% right that the vast majority of people just want to help each other and live a decent life.

It's people captured by capitalist cultural norms (including things like the protestant work ethic).

Of which many are boomers, but not all. And there are some boomers who escaped it.

How hard they work, or how many hours they punch in?

I don't discriminate against idiots because they are idiots. I discriminate against them because they do idiotic things. Big difference.

You can be an idiot all you want, just acknowledge it and stop doing things where your idiocy will harm people. Like voting.

Empathy and selflessness, but not done to be noticed.

This is true, for example Nazis and others ableists are an obvious negative as their innate positive value is overriden by the despicable lifestyle.