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originally posted by: StarsInDust
a reply to: SeriouslyDeep
I actually found this debt clock fascinating. It is also hard to believe that their is this much money...well, anywhere. And I very much doubt their really is... I think very soon this make-believe money that is going into oblivion, is going to come back and destroy us.
originally posted by: StarsInDust
a reply to: SeriouslyDeep
I actually found this debt clock fascinating. It is also hard to believe that their is this much money...well, anywhere. And I very much doubt their really is... I think very soon this make-believe money that is going into oblivion, is going to come back and destroy us.
originally posted by: Terpene
a reply to: Maxmars
The real global player in terms of banking is the BIS.
Just look at the whole world, there are only a handful of states that aren't in depth...
Who the F do we all own that money to?
originally posted by: Terpene
a reply to: SeriouslyDeep
Don't worry, the citizens are just the states loan colateral...
originally posted by: Terpene
a reply to: Maxmars
Nope, just No, I'm just deluded...
But seriously, no one ever answered me that question, to whom do all the nations own money to? How can all but a handful of nations be in debt? To whom?
originally posted by: Terpene
a reply to: ScepticScot
Japan and China are both in depth, to whom?
a reply to: TheLieWeLive
Our entire system is based on debt, I find the debt clock funny because there would not be a monetary system, as we currently know it, without that debt.
originally posted by: StarsInDust
a reply to: TheLieWeLive
Our entire system is based on debt, I find the debt clock funny because there would not be a monetary system, as we currently know it, without that debt.
I find it odd, that someone, somewhere has the power to dictate what is important and what our financial system is based on. At one time, it was just based on the trade of items that people needed. Now that made sense. Then it became based on metal that someone decided was important. At some point, it was the Petro dollar. Not sure where that stands now, but somewhere along the lines it got based on 0’s and 1’s. And now it is based on debt??? (Also, a bunch of 0’s and 1’s now-a-days.) It all just makes less and less sense. Petro may have been a step up (at least I could get from a to b with it) but this 0 and 1 stuff is totally insane if you think about it.
Not an economist, thank goodness, it is all based on pure madness.