• Sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      Serious question? Money today is nothing more than a number in an account. When a country needs more of its own currency, it can increase it’s account by that amount.

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        5 months ago

        No they cant, that is illegal. You could say they will change the law so that they can do that, but that is not possible (in america) at this time.

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            5 months ago

            Kind of, but if the US allows itself to just print dollars directly its directly going to turn to toilet paper.

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              5 months ago

              Why would that happen? There’s no proof that printing money (while considering the boundaries of the real resources like available work force) automatically leads to hyperinflation.

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                5 months ago

                I guess there is no proof, but thats not really possible to prove. But what we can see is how much inflation the US has gotten just under the Fed, and then look at examples in the past like germany that used printing of the mark to pay of debts.

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          5 months ago

          Okay, but even if the USA can’t change the law regarding states bonds, it is virtually impossible that people stop buying US states bonds since the US Dollar is kinda like the most established currency in the world.

          So your argument is completely theoretical.

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            5 months ago

            I hear what you are saying, but that is changing, america is losing its strangle hold on the world. That became most evident with what we tried to do with Russia after their invasion and the cracks in our system are starting to become more obvious. Unless you think that the US will be the worlds reserve currency forever, there will be a time when it falls.

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              5 months ago

              I see what you mean, but this is not about having a strangle hold on the world or being the world’s reserve currency. This is about having your own currency and collecting taxes in this currency. As long as a country collects taxes in its own currency there will be demand for that currency.