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Post #2098445
2026-04-24 18:04 UTC
@ariaflame @marijn
its not the same money going around and around.
they pay for resources and thry pay for salaries and energy. Its a complex supply chain and people work at every stage. The money is spent. Its costs, but they pay from printed money - this includes paying themselves, their businesses, salaries, dividends or share buybacks to increase stock value on paper ...but without the money printer it wpuld all collapse very quickly
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@ariaflame@masto.ai 2026-04-24 18:07
@serapath @marijn I touch physical money maybe twice a month. Less than 20AUD.
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@serapath@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-04-24 18:14
@ariaflame @marijn billionaires or the capitalist class borrows against their assets (=prints fiat money) to fund and grow their ventures, monitor the economy to see what grows in value and buy that. If the fail, they are shielded by limited liability of their various legal vehicles (companies) to get rid of debt, ...but mostly its structured to be refinanced not repaid.