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by EdHominem 3557 days ago
> the issues 99% people have with fiat currency today have literally nothing to do with how money is created

Not even remotely. Everyone is China is acutely aware that the government can print their money into oblivion. That's why they're rushing to dump it into anything. Hundreds of millions have been through this in other countries in recent years.

> Piggybacking on the electrical grid to turn "fairness" into "how much electricity you can afford"

Piggybacking doesn't mean what you think it does.

> How is that fair?

Fair doesn't apply in the world. It's hard to cheat and thus predictable and that's all it needs to be.

fwiw, fiat isn't fair either. Nobody came by to give me my share...