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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
debt makes this world go round.
if money = "a means to facilitate trade" , "free market" , & "human cooperation" , then what of the lowest tier? Is he not still in debt? Are you not living off the slavery of another? One cannot attain monetary wealth without another suffering for it.
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A voluntary transaction benefits both parties. Otherwise they wouldn't voluntarily agree to the transaction.
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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
money = debt
no debt, no money.
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again, fiat money = debt.
Fiat money = money created out of thin air with nothing backing it.
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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
and what of the humans that opt out of the money system? Who will control them? How will they be controlled? They must be plugged into the system, or the system will fail.
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fuck the system.
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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
whether strictly "money" or "fiat money", suffering is inherent.
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incorrect.
fiat money => only benefit those who control the supply of (fiat) money.
money => benefits the entire community because it makes trading goods and services easier.