Quote Originally Posted by allodial View Post
Social credit systems and blood banks can work marvelously among sober beneficiaries and right-minded trustees, but when you cap such systems off with a cabal of vampire trustees...what to expect?
I think of the corruption, elastic currency, as more basic than that. Any time you extend credit beyond the initial debtor you hypothecate a curse upon the next party. This is how the national debt becomes a curse upon thy neighbor and all our children.

That was my point in offering my $20M Lien to China for $50M!