A: Technically, yes. In reality, no. The very biggest banks will get saved by the central banks. Unless central banks are keen on justifying global civil wars.
Q: Why can even five-year-olds comprehend that the fractional reserve system is a fundamentally brain-dead idea?
A: Because through this system, money is either destroyed slowly (by lowering interest rates & QE; to maintain increasing systemic leverage), or it's destroyed fast (by raising interest rates & QT; triggering defaults and risking cross-industry debt spirals).
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