Money is not evil, but attachment to it is, and this is simply because it's an attachment to the value of the self rather than whatever it is that redeems you. What that is is different between East and West but it's not money in either.
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How is being attached to the only tech you need to master for survival evil? That's the only sensible way to live in this world.
Don't know what you mean by East, but you know about storing wealth in empty apartment complexes.
Good people are simply attached to superior money.