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      Bitcoin does present a possible solution to the monetary woes of Argentina.

      Mileis election signals a growing awareness that central bankers are just scammers and getting off the gold standard was one of the biggest mistakes humanity ever made.

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        Ahahah. No. Cryptocurrency is for rubes to get rubed, and tying a State’s sovereign fiat money to a commodity belongs in the dustbin of history.

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            The value of a State’s fiat money comes from them requiring that taxes be paid in that same money. Yes they can print as much money as they want, but they don’t, and they can regulate its value by destroying some of it through taxation.
            Second Thought: Why The Government Has Infinite Money

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                If they can print as much money as they like then they obviously they can always make any interest payment, as former Fed. Chair Alan Greenspan himself has plainly stated.

                Furthermore, the government doesn’t need to borrow money in the first place, because again, it can print as much as it wants.
                So you might ask, why does our government create these treasury securities in the first place? I think the answer is largely twofold. Firstly as another tool for managing inflation. By giving the wealthy a safe place to profitably park their money, that money is temporarily removed from the real economy. Secondly because those same wealthy capitalists are the ones calling the shots in the first place, and they want a safe place to profitably park their money.