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Fiat money, for all its flaws, is the backbone of the global economy and allows for the very innovations that enables Bitcoin

Calling fiat the backbone of the economy is like saying tobacco is the backbone of nicotine.
What exists is dependency, not virtue.
Bitcoin doesn’t need its executioner to make sense.

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The fiat's backbone status is based on a forced monopoly and a history of manipulation

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Exactly. Fiat doesn’t dominate on merit, but because alternatives were banned or confiscated. A monopoly isn’t a backbone, it’s a cage

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