Look at this way: If you're ugly, with only average intelligence without a developed ethical system, money is the only metric remaining to judge your performance by
O'leary answer is dumb, but what is a better answer? Give all the money equal to everyone? What would happen then? I am positive over time it would just end up with some getting richer and by definition some getting poorer. 1/2
There's a saying; "Money is not the root of evil, People are. Money is like the fruit of what their harvest". The evidence of their harvest = level of poverty & crimes are so high like their wealth!