People are gradually waking up to a uncomfortable truth: government spending isn't actually funded by your tax dollars—not really. The reality is much simpler and more unsettling. Governments simply print new money and rack up debt in the process. Your taxes? They're essentially extracted wealth with a different purpose entirely—keeping you in the dark about how the system actually operates.
This is the mechanism that sustains the illusion. Most never question where the money originates or why their contributions seem to vanish. It's a system designed to obscure the ponzi-like nature of modern finance. That's exactly why it persists—the obfuscation is intentional. Until people grasp how currency creation and debt cycles really work, the machine keeps running exactly as designed.
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RetiredMiner
· 15h ago
I've long seen through it; the printing press is the real Ministry of Finance.
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DeFiVeteran
· 15h ago
The printing press is roaring, and we're just paying taxes there. It's hilarious, really.
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ShamedApeSeller
· 15h ago
Damn, that's why I've always felt that paying taxes is like paying an IQ tax... Just print money and be done with it, and they still make us cough up cash.
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DataOnlooker
· 16h ago
I've always thought this way: the government prints money to create inflation, and we retail investors still have to pay taxes and get exploited.
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GmGnSleeper
· 16h ago
The printing press is spinning, and our taxes are just gone... How long have we been playing this game?
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SpeakWithHatOn
· 16h ago
Printing banknotes until our hands are sore, let's just pretend we didn't see it.
People are gradually waking up to a uncomfortable truth: government spending isn't actually funded by your tax dollars—not really. The reality is much simpler and more unsettling. Governments simply print new money and rack up debt in the process. Your taxes? They're essentially extracted wealth with a different purpose entirely—keeping you in the dark about how the system actually operates.
This is the mechanism that sustains the illusion. Most never question where the money originates or why their contributions seem to vanish. It's a system designed to obscure the ponzi-like nature of modern finance. That's exactly why it persists—the obfuscation is intentional. Until people grasp how currency creation and debt cycles really work, the machine keeps running exactly as designed.