Money+today

The first piece that I have on this final wall is the classic song, Money, by Pink Floyd from their Dark Side of the Moon album. The song tells about what they believe to be the goals of someone who has enough money to be considered rich. With this comes a sense that they believe that when people attain more money, they become more focused on themselves, and how to get more money. Although the song is a little dated, the idea of attaining personal wealth was the same in Britain as well as America. There is also a combination of video clips from both Great Britain and America in the music video of the song. Below that I put a video entitled the History of Money. It has some historical validity but mostly is a comical view on some of the more absurd ideas humans have had for creating systems for exchanging goods and services. It ends with money’s involvement in the shaping of our society. It is very evident that all we have to do is look around to see how money controls our American lives. De Tocqueville was right when he recognized that Americans lived their lives according to this one question, how much money will it bring in?