This
game between entropy and syntropy leads to continually exchanges matter and
energy and requires a lymph. Water is the basic lymph for all living systems
and in ancient Rome it was named Linfa, the divinity of fresh water that makes
nutrients available. In botany the lymph is a liquid, which consists almost all
of water. In human societies this function is provided by money. Money is the
lymph that is used for exchanges. Consequently, anyone who controls money also
controls the vital energy of the people and nations.
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