Money (in the sense of capital) is the world's greatest evil. It's killed far more people than all wars put together.
Definitively not, followers of evil, those who idolize things above God, good and cave in to temptations, selling their soul for the purpose of feeling better then others and willing to ruin themselves in the pursuit of ruining others instead of building them up.
Money is a technology, that made it easier to transport heavy metals such as gold in the past by simply having aknowledged paper pieces or cheaper (less valued/wanted metals) to symbolise/represent gold as currency cause of their lighter weight and to combat trickery and risk of losing amounts of gold. (Easier to protect huge piles of gold you don't need to move then transport it all the time)
It's when trust in your neighbour and fellowman gets distorted and goals of plundering each other instead of co-operation in building a common future which can be agreed upon between another ruins society as a whole.
In the modern age, there is a huge competition about ones place in society. Pursuing status, wealth, fame, popularity to increase ones chances within the male/female dynamics and increasing ones acess to highest possible quality of nourishment or wants.
Which is a stark contrast to the world of pre-american revolution where ones position in society was already decided upon birth, relatively secure and unaccessable for people outside of said group.
The more ambitious merchantile middle class within american and french societies, who based their lifestyle, income on trade, communication and urban life came to dominate the political landscape and way of thinking as industrial production became more and more tied with military conflicts and more people with acess to weaponry became a larger force to be reckoned with.
Due to the new levels of organisations within societies the political elites were unable to procure the sole guarantee of stability and peace within the country. Relationship with the population became more important and the factions within a country who could provide the best possible benefits to the largest possible extent became a much larger force to be reckoned with then factions who focused on advising the head of state.
Which is why among other reasons a more democratical approach is needed nowadays with easily replaced roles within the top positions.
It's not only a tool to combat corruption, but also builds upon the idea of anyone being allowed theoretically to become a head of state without having to be tied a certain genepool or family dynasty but, with enough support thanks to wealth and good communication.
The system that is set up nowadays makes it easier for certain factions who specialize in said abilities to have a larger acess to material wealth and the picking of potential mates.
It has also made it more volatile and chaotic, leading to larger extents of conflicts (ww1, ww2) cause of any form of blame game having larger consequences. (Race, agenda, despised factions, tyrants, take your pick/cause/explenation)
Simply saying money is evil, is a simplification of the said reality. It's like saying that rape is caused by the attractivenes of women, so women are the reason for rapes happening.
The people performing evil to obtain money illegally should be held accountable, just as rapists for raping.
