minus-square@Katana314linkEnglish9•edit-22 hours agoIs the dollar any “worse” because someone copied it? Or, is its scarcity and trade valuation reduced because someone copied it? Try living in a third world country that prints hundreds of its own Trillion Dollar bills every week, and see what you think of it.
minus-square@Katana314linkEnglish3•32 minutes agoIf someone forged 80 quintillion dollars, it would remove the usefulness of $1 from everyone else. (and that is in fact the economic fear that’s generated through excess inflation, something that has happened in many countries)
Is the dollar any “worse” because someone copied it?
Or, is its scarcity and trade valuation reduced because someone copied it?
Try living in a third world country that prints hundreds of its own Trillion Dollar bills every week, and see what you think of it.
I still got these Burt Bucks after the crash.
Forging $1 doesn’t remove $1 from everyone else.
If someone forged 80 quintillion dollars, it would remove the usefulness of $1 from everyone else. (and that is in fact the economic fear that’s generated through excess inflation, something that has happened in many countries)