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What does it mean?
Money overrides ideological or religious differences among people.
In plain terms
When money is involved, everyone agrees regardless of their beliefs.
What can you take from it?
Financial interests often unite people across divides.

Where it applies

  • business deals
  • political lobbying
  • financial negotiations

Putting it to work

  • identify shared economic interests
  • build coalitions around finance

Questions to consider

  • What truly unites people?
  • Does money erase values?

Another view

Money can also deepen divisions between rich and poor.

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