The monetary reform proposals discussed in the preceding chapters represent different views on how society should ideally be governed. Different views on „democratizing money“ express different views of democratization. By comparing the assumptions and blind spots underlying competing monetary reform proposals, a better understanding can be gained of the mechanisms of the current monetary system. A common feature of all reform proposals is the overemphasis on the ability of one governance mechanism to achieve input and output legitimacy, and the misleading expectation that reforming money is the key to what each concept understands in its own way as democratic control of capitalism. In a proper understanding of the role of money and its governance, monetary reform is neither necessary nor sufficient for achieving key goals pursued by monetary reformers.