In popular culture, much attention is paid to the Illuminati’s belief that money is not evil. Some see our promotion of work and wealth as a promotion of selfishness – overlooking the true meaning of the Pyramid and its underlying messages that motivate our diligence.

In Illuminati principles, wealth is not simply a means of personal enrichment. Instead, money is a tool that can be used to fulfill each person’s duty for the advancement of the human species.

The selfish pursuit of money is an empty goal, but the pursuit of the goodness that money can create is one of humanity’s greatest responsibilities.

The more money a person has, the more ability they have to positively change the lives of those in need. If you are poor and kind-hearted, and your friend’s house burns down in a fire, you will still be a good person but you will not have the ability to help them with what they need most. If the same house burns down but you are rich, you will be able to give your friend a place to stay and a new home because you have more than enough for yourself and anyone around you who needs it.

Money has no feelings, no voice, no soul: its choice between good or evil is decided by those who use it.

Although it is not wrong to be poor, the celebration of poverty is rooted in selfishness. A poor person can save one life, but a rich person can build a hospital and save ten thousand. The poor can do little to help the poor, but the rich can help as many as they can. If a person is rich, he has the opportunity to do good, but if he is poor he cannot help anyone but himself.

Those who have little can do a lot. Money is nothing more than paper and figures that are exchanged for a person’s time and effort. Therefore, if a person does not have money, they can use their time and efforts to promote the advancement of humanity: positive actions that have the same value as any charitable donation.

The greater a person’s fortune, the greater his responsibility to his fellow men. As in the pyramid, those with the most power can do the most good for the greatest number of those below.