Nowadays, the existence of money itself has succeeded in completely colonising social life, and in which every bill leads to a good and secured life. The mechanisms of the current economic model have gradually pushed people into the roles of “winners” and “losers” based on which end of the economic spectrum they occupy-  the thickness of wallet, the number of zeros on the bank balance.

When the totalitarian regime of Joseph Mobutu was overthrown in 1997 in Congo, the new government simply punched out Mobutu’s image until it could design and print new currency – they remained in circulation for quite a long time.

This would have put public in a brittle sense of hollowness, and insecureness, having the image of representative figure vulgarly omitted.

 This tells us how today’s form of money grants people with feeling of secureness not only associated with the remarkably unquestioned belief that the thickness of wallet, number of zeros in bank balance would protect them from anything, but also with the sense of social connectedness by using the paper notes with the identical representative images. The notes are often engraved with historical figures, landmarks and heritages that reflect the national power and stability; the daily use of them would inspire the sense of belonging to the nation – which would provide them with the feeling of being inside a non-invasive shelter.

This could probably answer the question “what makes money make money?”: It is the sense of security and social connectedness associated with the form of money that “makes money the money”.