Monetary Realists believe that the most important thing to know about money, however, is its nature, because from this nature all else flows.
Money is the life blood of the body politic, and when it is tainted, the organism suffers.
The nature of what passes among us for money has not only economic, or practical significance, but political as well. Most of us succeed at our jobs by pleasing the public. We cannot hope to market our goods or services if the people to whom we offer them do not find them attractive or beneficial. This is not true of those employed by the State, financed by modern money. They succeed at their jobs by making the public please them.