Little_Sticks
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Counterfeiting Currency: Is it ethical?
All scenarios/possibilities are welcome.
All scenarios/possibilities are welcome.
No. In theory you just stole from every person that possess that same currency.
No. In theory you just stole from every person that possess that same currency.
Couldn't be any less ethical than the ones in power that print money at their disposal.
No, it's not ethical. You think you get it for free? Wrong. One way or another, you will still "pay" for it like the people who work for their money (time, effort, health, etc. things you sacrifice to get money).
I'm actually all for counterfeiting money. If someone does it on a large enough scale, it will probably fuck everything up.
Hopefully, some day, stuff will be less insane. To you, i'm probably the one that sounds insane
Give it some thought.
If the system is corrupt, wouldn't it be better off to forego the fiat money and just trade things of value directly?
This is interesting. Most of you seem to believe that it is unethical. The main reason I wanted to make this thread is because I agree with all of you and find that any ethical consideration depends upon whether or not people follow the system and don't abuse its structure. If the system is corrupt then counterfeiting becomes a way to fight the system, but only if the person doesn't become corrupted by the power they obtain.
I guess it would be nice to hear what you think is corrupt about the system and what isn't. YourLocalJesus got the idea
I would share ideas, but I'm not sure where to start so I'm hoping someone will start this for me.
I'm not a huge fan of money in any form but precious metals with a very stable value...
I see the problem with minting false coins with lead etc, but printing that paper money...
The banks just make up capital that isn't there, and that's what lets this parasitic abomination of a society survive.
With parasitic abominations, I mean the service economies that aren't producing anything much.
I'm actually all for counterfeiting money. If someone does it on a large enough scale, it will probably fuck everything up.
Hopefully, some day, stuff will be less insane. To you, i'm probably the one that sounds insane
Give it some thought.
The trouble arrises when people start to think of money as being something in and of itself. By fiddling with exchange rates, interest and the like people create money out of nothing - but the amount of wealth in existance stays the same. It simply creates an illusion that with have more resources then we truely do. People than start to consume those resources faster then they can be replaced. Counterfeiting certainly helps that process along. Eventually, the truth pushes it ugly head through our comfy dream and the system collapses while it realigns itself with reality.
Counterfeiting is a thriving private enterprise. Free-market baby. Can't have big government telling us what we can and can't do with paper....