In other words, we believe a dollar has worth because we believe the system that backs it has worth. Our money has no basis in anything of real value. It is an illusion, a piece of paper that is in reality no more of value than the toilet paper in your bathroom. It is given value because it's backed by the "full faith and credit" of the U.S. government. What happens to your money when that faith fades.
The value of your fiat currency fades with it.
To understand the coming storm you must understand the money we use. We will be manipulated by forces well beyond our control because we cannot stand alone. Most people do not have the means of production in their control, thus they cannot generate the basic necessities of life. Our society has become one of specialization, focused on efficiency at the expense of a healthy diversity of life skills. We have all just become a cog in the machine, trading the fruits of our specialty for the fruits of the labor of another, segregated into an economic slavery by those that control the real wealth and power.
Can you: grow your own food, make your own clothes, find water, do basic first aid much less understand herbal medicines, repair your shelter or even build one? How about blacksmithing or handling horses and other livestock? Can you raise chickens? Do you even know how to catch a fish or skin a deer?
What happens to you and your family when the dollar that you believed had value turns out to be an illusion?
And if you don't believe your money is an illusion just think about this; between auto deposit, debit cards, credit cards and online banking, how much actual paper money ever passes though your hands? We now labor for, purchase with and save invisible 1's and 0's; on's and off's in a distant electrical circuit. How much faith do you have in the value of nothing?
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