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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
the question of having trust in the value of the currency still remains though
i mean, that’s all the is, isn’t it? trust. credit.
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The legitimacy of currency comes, brutally, from the fact that you owe taxes in the currency of your country or you go to jail. You need to earn that currency in order to be a free subject of the state. This doesn't play well with the libertine instincts of the US people but it's nonetheless true.