fiddlehodl@nostrplebs.com on Nostr: The money printing comment was a Hayek quote. Sorry - it gets batted about enough on ...

The money printing comment was a Hayek quote. Sorry - it gets batted about enough on Nostr that I figured you would know it. To my mind, it's the ability to print money that puts the state + private business machinery into overdrive.

So you're thinking that when people love profit, then the governing bodies reflect that (and vice versa)? Politics being downstream of culture? That makes sense to me, but I think we kind of have that culture. My guess is that if you looked at the US, you would get a very high consensus on the danger of "profit by any means" among the people. But the psychopaths who are drawn to power in either govt or private sector continue regardless; I don't see them being influenced by the culture in that regard.

Or if they are, it's superficial - I think the politicians who get elected tend to appeal to that culture - they know the rhetoric and how to use it- but always play the same power games.

Yes, intriguing that we agree on 95%,
and good to have these exchanges : )