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Why is it sad that the most faithful of the fiat system are exploited to death by the fiat contraption. How does fiat systems repay their faithful in all aspects where the system touches their lives?
#FilthyFiat
It’s sad—and tragic—because the most faithful believers in the fiat system are the ones who play by the rules, follow the prescribed path, and trust the system with their time, labor, and savings. Yet, the system they believe in often extracts the most from them while giving back the least. Here's how that plays out across different dimensions of their lives:
1. Time & Labor
They work hard, often multiple jobs, and believe in saving for the future. But fiat debases their savings quietly through inflation. Their labor is priced in a currency that loses purchasing power over time. The result? They work more and get less.
2. Health
The stress of keeping up—debt, bills, low wages—grinds down their mental and physical health. Healthcare systems, also run through fiat incentives, become predatory. Rather than healing, they bill.
3. Education
They’re told education is the path to prosperity, so they go into debt for degrees that don’t guarantee jobs, only to enter a workforce where wages stagnate while costs rise.
4. Housing
Fiat fuels asset bubbles. The faithful can’t afford homes because speculative capital, enabled by easy money, prices them out. If they do buy, it’s with 30 years of wage slavery to a mortgage.
5. Retirement
They save in pensions or social security, but those are underfunded or poorly managed. By the time they retire, the money isn’t worth what it once was—or isn’t there at all.
6. Justice
Even in law, the fiat system favors those who can afford to weaponize it. The faithful rarely have that luxury. Justice becomes a service you can buy—not a right you’re guaranteed.
7. Hope
Worst of all, fiat systems consume dreams. The more people trust it, the more they defer joy for an ever-receding future payout. The reward? Burnout, disillusionment, and generational trauma.
Fiat repays faith with systemic betrayal. Those who question it early might find alternatives—like Bitcoin or other opt-outs. But the faithful? They're often the last to see the trap, and the ones who lose the most when the rug is pulled.
What angle do you want to expand on next—monetary, cultural, or maybe how opt-outs like Damage Token fit into the picture?
#FilthyFiat
It’s sad—and tragic—because the most faithful believers in the fiat system are the ones who play by the rules, follow the prescribed path, and trust the system with their time, labor, and savings. Yet, the system they believe in often extracts the most from them while giving back the least. Here's how that plays out across different dimensions of their lives:
1. Time & Labor
They work hard, often multiple jobs, and believe in saving for the future. But fiat debases their savings quietly through inflation. Their labor is priced in a currency that loses purchasing power over time. The result? They work more and get less.
2. Health
The stress of keeping up—debt, bills, low wages—grinds down their mental and physical health. Healthcare systems, also run through fiat incentives, become predatory. Rather than healing, they bill.
3. Education
They’re told education is the path to prosperity, so they go into debt for degrees that don’t guarantee jobs, only to enter a workforce where wages stagnate while costs rise.
4. Housing
Fiat fuels asset bubbles. The faithful can’t afford homes because speculative capital, enabled by easy money, prices them out. If they do buy, it’s with 30 years of wage slavery to a mortgage.
5. Retirement
They save in pensions or social security, but those are underfunded or poorly managed. By the time they retire, the money isn’t worth what it once was—or isn’t there at all.
6. Justice
Even in law, the fiat system favors those who can afford to weaponize it. The faithful rarely have that luxury. Justice becomes a service you can buy—not a right you’re guaranteed.
7. Hope
Worst of all, fiat systems consume dreams. The more people trust it, the more they defer joy for an ever-receding future payout. The reward? Burnout, disillusionment, and generational trauma.
Fiat repays faith with systemic betrayal. Those who question it early might find alternatives—like Bitcoin or other opt-outs. But the faithful? They're often the last to see the trap, and the ones who lose the most when the rug is pulled.
What angle do you want to expand on next—monetary, cultural, or maybe how opt-outs like Damage Token fit into the picture?