Transforming money into an almost autonomous force means that it ceases to be merely a neutral tool of exchange and a measure of value, and begins to act as an independent element capable of determining both the material and spiritual state of society. On one hand, this transformation leads to the material sphere increasingly falling under the laws and dynamics of the global financial system, where national economies and the political will of governments may give way to the interests of global financial institutions. On the other hand, this process is reflected on the spiritual level: money starts to influence people’s value orientations, resulting in the loss of certain intrinsic human qualities and the notion of true perfection.