My two cents worth

Does the lust of money make people deceitful?

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. - George Orwell

It seems like the most deceitful people are those who have money or those who covet money. I have tried to pinpoint the demographics of this group. But they seem to cut across all religious beliefs, sexes, sexual preference, ages, race, and economic spectrum of society. I have noticed that the more money someone has the less value they seem to place upon other people who are judged to be inferior to them. This seems to hold especially true if those people did not earn their money, but in fact had it given to them. Criminals seem to be less conflicted about their deceit and do not seem to deny their deceit. The world is a very deceitful place. At times it seems as if everything is a lie and everyone is a liar. Even those who have no money are deceitful; they are just not capable of hiding their deceit, because they tend to be dense.

Everyone lies when it comes to money. Some lie to keep it, some lie to get it, and others pretend to be impartial in an attempt to get and/or keep it. In most cases those who rule, only rule by deceit and treachery.

Money is pretty amazing. It has the power to corrupt one group of people into wanting to do anything to acquire it. At the same time it has the power to enslave another group of people who will voluntarily submit themselves into slavery in order to maintain their access to it.