Is money important?

My stand:
Money is important today,
As it is the means through which we "communicate" in the buying and selling of things.
Without money,
Trading cannot happen,
We can't buy what we want,
And blah blah blah.
But the point is,
Is money important in life?
Can we live without money?
I believe, yes.

Even without money,
Human was initially born to know how to survive,
Through hunting for our necessities.
And no money was involved back then.
Though times have changed,
But human beings will still have this instinct in them to fight for what they want
As it is inherent in human's competitive nature.

I can say that money is an evil.
Can money buy us happiness?
Can it buy us understanding and communication with our loved ones?
Yes, it is true that in the world today,
You are not anything much without money.
You will be poor, looked down upon,
Suffer from poverty, starve to death...
BUT, even when you are a millionaire,
Do you have anything at all?
Do you have love, happiness...
And all those fundamental and positive emotions that human live for?
Or even, moral values?

An example will be those useless and selfish children fighting for their parents'm inheritance.
Money has blinded us, and has even made something as close as kinship
A forgotten identity.

If being rich is going to make me
Unhappy,
Lonely,
Ignorant,
Helpless,
Materialistic...
I'll rather stay poor my whole life.
At least, being a poor kid has taught me a lot.

It will be better if we slow down our pace of live,
And spend time to look at those things and people we have ignored.
What's the point of slogging your guts out for money,
When you are missing all the beautiful sights,
Especially those that you can't buy with money.
Shallow or not?