Money has the
power to buy material goods, but it is abstract and metaphorical.Bloom uses the labyrinth and the touchstone as a metaphor of how we understand money. The labyrinth "hosts a personal pilgrimage, the
journey one takes
reflectively". And the "touchstone is used to measure the quality and
purity of gold". Both of which will combine at then end. It is a medium
of exchange and a measure of value we used as we walked the world.
The issue that Bloom highlights now is the fact that people just sees money as money. Not as a medium or as a representation of value. The common masses no longer realizes that the value of money is actually pegged to Gold. Value of money has become invisible, making people unable to perceive the importance of it and feel it.
Money was created as a way to make transaction. But now people see money as the end of the chain. people idolize money.
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