So many problems, however infinitely varied they first appear, turn out to be matters of money. I can't tell you how much this offends me. The value of money is a scam perpetrated by those who have it over those who dont; it's the Emperor's New Clothes gone global.

Karen Joy Fowler
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Louis CK was talking about the illusion of money and how people try to make it sound like all of the problems in the world would be solved if we just had more money. What he was getting at is that despite the fact that things become infinitely more complicated when we talk about money, it is not the solution to everything.

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