do you live in the US? sounds like it.. haha. the people you were talking to sound like the result of the capitalist mini-world we have going here (in the US).. money has as much importance as man puts on it.. which, sadly enough.. is a lot right now. but i dont think that the reason for our existance has anything at all to do with money.. money is a product of our greed and inability to share what was given to us.

but yeah.. i agree with what a lot of people here are saying.. in today's world.. surviving without money is almost implossible.