<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>hylomorphic wrote</title><author_name>hylomorphic (npub18z…zlyv6)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub18zsu6xlfpwdgnrfyzhwpq80ssu83tdew5g7dkzkl4tavsrgzl5yslzlyv6</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>when the government prints new dollars, they have no value in them.&#xA;they are exchanging those empty dollars with other people for real value.&#xA;&#xA;if people didn’t accept printed money from the gov, it would never be injected into the economy.&#xA;&#xA;if they didn’t exchange their value for fiat, fiat wouldn’t be money. &#xA;&#xA;since people treat dollars fungibly, the empty dollars siphon out the real value contained in all the dollars already in existence.&#xA;the value equalizes across all containers.&#xA;that’s the “inflation” due to monetary debasement &#xA;&#xA;my point is that if the gov prints dollars and you sell them your sheep, that is real and not just a perception in anyones head.&#xA;the value you created with your sheep, was exchanged for an object that now contains real value.&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;yes, perception, our subjectivity plays a part in our actions, but it does not negate the reality of objective consequence. it does not make it “all in our head” or “held together by perception”</html></oembed>