>Thus, according to Marx, "the ancients ... denounced money as
>subversive of the economic and moral order of things." This
>distinguishes ancient from "modern society."
The ruling classes in ancient society regarded money as subversive of course, because the ruling classes were aristocrats and rich merchants were their class enemies. Who were very much interested in subverting the aristocrats. The distinguishing factor here then boils down simply to a different class structure.
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas