That's why he/she/it should sell all worldly possessions and go buy a spit of land in the country. There's land for sale all over the place. Or if he/she/it already owns a house, start doing it there.

We aren't "slaves to money" any more than we are slaves to the need to eat, breathe, drink water, and have a place to take a shit. Money is just paper with no intrinsic value. We assign it a value, and it represents our work (or anything we do that has value). We all agree on this value, and trust that we will be able to get equal value when we trade that paper in for something we want/need.

Trust is the only thing that gives money value. I'd rather it were tied to gold, but in the long run that's pretty inconsequential because being able to trade my money in for gold in functional application of the real world is pointless. Paper money is a lot easier to carry around, use, and make change than gold. Imagine trying to go buy a burger but the only money you have on you is 1 troy ounce of gold valued at $370.