And how else could they do it? They couldn’t give it away or spend it, because that’s what money wants. It wants to circulate. That’s what gives it power. Even if you nail it to a piece of wood, someone will come along sooner or later to steal it and set it free. Physically destroying it is the only way to stop it. But before it can be stopped there first needs to be the idea that it can be stopped, and that it is not invincible. Up until then, this was largely unthinkable. The burning of the million quid should not be seen from the perspective of art. It was never about art. It was much more
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