--Daniel SueloAttachment to illusion is evil. Attachment to illusion is called idolatry.
Hope is an illusion - it doesn't exist anywhere except in your mind. By Suelo's definition clinging to hope is evil and idolatry. I think he's oversimplifying things. I officially award his "money is evil" philosophy a raspberry.
And I think Suelo is confused about money and what it represents. Trading dollars is no different than trading labor for goods or bartering from a philosophical standpoint. If I needed some eggs and had to trade a pig to get them, wouldn't I be attached to the pig? I'd have to feed it, protect it from predators, and perhaps eventually kill or offer it up to be killed in exchange for the desired eggs - is this less evil than exchanging federal reserve notes physically or electronically?
To be "ERE" requires approaching things with systems level thinking. Some things are better acquired via the "illusion" of a financial transaction or would you prefer to raise 50,000 pigs to buy a house? Our existence is limited therefore our time is limited. Time is the most precious commodity we have therefore it should be used conscientiously and deliberately whenever possible. I'd rather spend my time doing the things I enjoy and use money earned via compounded interest to purchase the goods and services that would be inefficient for me to acquire on my own. Anyone advocating the inefficient use of time/labor/money deserves a swift kick.