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by risk000 1815 days ago
Money doesn't come from taxes and debt.

It is created de novo within a computer system.

It is conceptualized, according to intellectual paradigms, as originating as a 'debt' and being "paid back" by taxes. But this accounting is fallacious. There is a movement in economics called MMT which is going to challenge these paradigms.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AyT9zftNrE