09-28-2025, 10:21 AM
(09-28-2025, 09:55 AM)UltraBudgie Wrote: That is a good way of looking at it. It reminds me of the people who decry the Federal Reserve. Yes, it's a scam in some ways, but they do provide a product. And frankly, the American Dollar is not a terrible product. It's nice not having to barter for everything! How the dollar is leveraged throughout the world by the American Government is, in my view, a separate matter. It's important I think to keep a balanced perspective. To distinguish dishonest evil from honest evil, so to speak haha.
We could have a financial revolution but I'd imagine the big kids would just take the ball home and leave us kicking a can, Just taking their stuff or renegotiating equity wouldn't go down well since far too many still have plenty to lose.
Balance is key, usually. Always liked that Churchill quote about Democracy being the worst form of governance except for all the rest. Our economies work like that too. My opinion is the western world is on a somewhat downward trend when it comes to social mobility, the only contenders to the quality of life are other decades under democratic capitalism, capitalism could be considered evil I guess but when you go comparing it to any other form I'd say it's the most liberal form of economy we've ever had.
All men are equal but our bank accounts aren't... Something like that
