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Re:Federal Reserve to increase interest rates by 50 basis po... by kodyo on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @03:47PM (#33990291)
It's an unambiguously nauseating way to control the lives of billions of humans.

We'd be much better off letting banks decide how much they value your deposits, and having a currency that politicians, bureaucrats and bankers can't manipulate.

But alas.

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Re:Federal Reserve to increase interest rates by 50 basis po... by ClumsyPilot on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @04:09PM (#33990592)
> having a currency that politicians, bureaucrats and bankers can't manipulate.

Which is what, Gold? Bitcoin? Have you read the history of merchantilism and how Britiah and Dutch economic growth was restricted by supply of silver?

The definition of a Fiat currency is that it can be manipulated by whoever is issuing it

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Re:Federal Reserve to increase interest rates by 50 basis po... by kodyo on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @06:17PM (#33992238)
Probably Bitcoin. Gold would be fine if there weren't governments.
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