25 sats \ 5 replies \ @Cje95 16 Apr \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon
Okay you got my attention! You have any articles you can point me to to read about this it sounds fascinating!
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 16 Apr
It's the flip side of noting that governments rely on inflation to fund their wars. Before fiat money, wars were much smaller scale.
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31 sats \ 3 replies \ @Zed 16 Apr
I’m at work give me some time and I’ll look one up to post.
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Cje95 16 Apr
appreciate it!
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Zed 16 Apr
At lunch, couldn’t really find a good one. The breakdown is this: If you can print your own money then you have an unlimited supply to go to war with. Bitcoin standard would force their hand. With a finite supply everyone would be less wasteful.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 16 Apr
Ah! Yeah that would make a lot of sense and def would but an enormous and quick halt to all the extra spending!
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