Ironically, he seems unaware of how this judgment applies to every transaction in which someone purchases his book. Ellul turns every religious bookseller into a participant in a destructive, evil relationship. Ellul implies that parents should warn children who request quarters to buy candy bars that they are about to enter into an exploitative relationship. And heaven help the storeowner who dares to sell that child any candy. He also fails to grasp the true nature of money.
Money is first and foremost a medium of exchange.
As such, it is an ethically neutral institution without which many beneficial features of a modern society would be impossible. As human society became increasingly more complex, it became inconvenient for humans to barter one commodity or service for another or to exchange a certain quantity of labor for a certain quantity of some commodity. People who wanted to exchange something found that it was sometimes difficult to find someone who had exactly what they wanted and who at the same time wanted exactly what they had to exchange. Indirect exchanges began to develop. Over a period of time, specialized goods that were more difficult to trade were exchanged for goods that were more easily marketed.