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current governments in big/not-failed countries are way too powerful, so any idea that "people decide" is from an old age.
they just want you to continue to believe this, so they keep the sheep and you think you live in a good ole western democracy, while you're not
when a friendly state does it - it is because it was a threat to democracy.
don't confuse 'em
and there's no perpetuum mobile either
PS just like they missed the window for hikes, now they miss the window for cuts, again
alas, but people don't like inflation
when global crisis hits again (pretty soon, I'd say), they will have major problems
for now people (carry traders) are happy to borrow yen for 0% and convert and earn 5% in USD, hence the falling yen
been that way for decades
PS When I read it was so fake when the then-genius protagonist (that is on above-human level) finds it oh-so interesting to talk to that woman-professor.
So it's more of an act of self-defense.
see 2008, 2020
this is the only thing governments all over the world are going to do when everything falls apart
prisons are bad for your health
didn't work.
because anybody can send money to any address, doesn't prove a thing
plausible deniability is essential in such cases, hence the term bugdoor
PS say what you want, it's been more than a year of high inflation and you can't say that it ruined the economy