[tokyolights2]

Where do you think that money comes from and what gives it value? Your bank account is full of your governments' money...

[lurking15]

> what gives it value?

scarcity, for most people it's a representation of their labor valued on a market which in a fundamental way represents the energy they express

insofar as government whips it up out of thin air, they're stealing from everyone that's accumulated money in any degree and debasing their wages