Plasticine Philosophy

Money will always be necessary. But as a measure of worth, it's extremely limited and highly corrupting as Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists shows
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/06/deborah-orr-aardman-pirates-capitalism

The right remains obsessed with creating wealth, the left with redistributing it (though, obviously, redistribution is and will always remain an important aspect of civilised behaviour). The task of redefining wealth, with a view to diminishing the necessity of money itself, is a task that seems impossible. Yet it's no more impossible than the peacefully redistributive dreams of socialism.
 "Equality of opportunity" is really about maximising people's chances of competing in the jobs market, so that they can earn money to buy things, and thus transform their environment. Socialism is, in this crucial respect, just a sucker-punch feeder-system for capitalism.
What people really need is the ability to adapt to their environment, rather than be fobbed off with the promise that if they work hard, they can escape it. Humans need to start seeing money as the problem, not the solution. It will always be necessary. But as a measure of worth, as Pirate Captain learned, it's extremely limited and highly corrupting. Placing it at the centre of human existence is folly, and always has been.