When we exchange what we need, we use money as a medium instead of trading ‘goods for goods.’ In this context, money acts as a means of exchange. When we exchange what we need, we also build wealth by passing on added value to each other. In other words, money functions as both a medium of exchange and a measure of value, as well as a tool for accumulating wealth. But isn’t this a bit strange? Although exchange value comes from goods and surplus is generated from this exchange value, the object used to measure and accumulate wealth is money, not goods. This is because money alone has the privilege called ‘compulsory circulation power.’ In other words, even if value is created, added value cannot be realized unless it’s exchanged. The ability to enable such exchanges is what we call ‘compulsory circulation power.’ - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”
It's not a generation, it's a world. The older generation thinks that Gen MZ is a different generation, but when you look deeper, you realize that the world has changed, not the generation. The older generation thinks that the offline world is more experiential and tangible, and the MZ generation is more familiar with the online world, so they regard it as a non-experiential generation because they are more indirect in human relationships and understand the offline world mainly through information. However, try going to an online shopping mall site. Suppose you want to choose clothes on a fashion site. In that case, there is nothing more real and experiential shopping than others, because not only do they display detailed fabric information and sizes, but they also have good photos of the information you can see, and even reviews from users who have already bought it. Who can do detailed and specific shopping in an offline shopping mall like this? In fact, the electronic world ...