• Ogmios
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    1 month ago

    National currencies are backed by people’s vested interest in the continued stability of the nation.

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      National currencies are backed by the fear of people who have given themselves arbitrary titles that they agree allows them to point guns at you without being prosecuted for that.

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        That’s a tremendously reductive perspective on what a nation is.