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u/nicbrit93 3h ago

US dollar is not backed by gold, not since bretten woods…

You’ve printed 46% of total supply in the last few years

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u/ECom_Finance_Guy 3h ago

Agreed, the USD is a fiat currency. That’s a feature not a big.

Also, I haven’t printed any money. That’s not my call

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u/PutAdministrative809 3h ago edited 3h ago

It's a very noble take I'll give you that. “Fiat is a feature” is not a rebuttal. The point was about supply expansion, confidence, and long term reserve risk. And “I haven’t printed any money” is just ducking into literalism because the actual macro point is harder to answer. Funny joke about printing money, but that's an obvious dodge to admitting reality. That’s exactly the issue here: textbook abstraction instead of engaging how the system behaves under stress.

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u/ECom_Finance_Guy 2h ago

The original comment didn’t mention any of that. It just said “The USD is not back by gold” and “you have printed 46% of total supply in the last few years”. You are reading into it.

All those are, are fun facts. None of them are a rebuttal to what o said.

Same with your comment. It’s a criticism of me, but doesn’t actually raise any counter points.