The problem is not an issue here or an issue there, so much as it’s an insane notion of the purpose of money. The purpose of an economy is to serve people, the purpose of people is not to serve an economy.

Jan 3, 2021 · 9:47 PM UTC

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Unless we are in a fuedal system
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Which, at this point, it’s not illegitimate to suggest that we are.
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The economy IS the people. It’s the voluntary trading we engage in. The purpose of money is to be a medium of exchange (so we don’t have to barter), a store of value (which the Fed ruined), and to allow economic calculation.
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Which must be fairly and appropriately regulated by govt so that monopolistic forces don’t skewer it in the direction of the very wealthy.
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The economy isn’t a service. It doesn’t serve people. It’s an abstract idea.
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No, an economy is what keeps money flowing through a system where money is necessary in order for people to survive. So it’s absolutely a service and should be organized in such a way that it helps people thrive, not exploits them for the purposes of a few.
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Marianne Williamson so eloquently reminds us time and time again ... “The purpose of our government is to ameliorate unnecessary human suffering.” One more reason she will always be my President.
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Unfortunately as Oswald Spengler once said : despite democratic institutions we do live under the dictatorship of money !
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its not either or, its both and. expand your mind and stop with the black and white limited thinking.
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Thank you
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