• mortemtyrannis
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    3 hours ago

    Nothing backs US currency?

    I’d argue the US military backs the US dollar.

    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Violence based currencies are not sustainable in the long term. That’s why the petrol-dollar has been steadily decreasing in global reserves. It’s why the IMF has to outlaw bitcoin instead of competing with it.