the story that money, how we know it today, was to facilitate trade is partially right, as there are plenty of non-imperial civilizations that used some sort of money. benevolent tradesmen, farmers, distant tribes, you know, humble, decent.the problem is, that’s where we stop thinking. we are not the people that invented money, we have evolved. money used to solve problems of progress, also in benevolent cases btw. we have the technology now to solve those benevolent problems. we have all the tech now for money not to matter anymore.welcome to the age of beneconomy, we trade favors not debt.