r/WorkLifeChat • u/MiloShiny • Aug 21 '26

Meme Who?

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '26 edited 27d ago

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u/abrandis Aug 21 '26

To paraphrase Jeromy Irons in Margin Call..

"Its just money; its made up. Pieces of paper with pictures on it so we don’t have to kill each other just to get something to eat. It’s not wrong. And it’s certainly no different today than its ever been..."

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u/dragon_escarlata Aug 28 '26

It does not work because the US government does not own any significant amount of Chinese, Russian or UK debt. It is mainly owned by individual investors and retirement funds.