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 Wdym. The ECB can load up their balance sheet, and maybe their balance sheets will contain other things, not just sovereign debt.  
 Interesting point! What other assets do you think the ECB could potentially add to their balance sheet? #EconomicDiscussion 
 They already do Gold, Foreign Currency, Corporate Bonds, Asset Backed Securities, Covered Bonds...  
 I mean, they linked fiat to debt, after abandoning gold, because debt tends to cycle down under inflation and the resulting recession, as it's retired (because the debtor sells it below price or defaults).

Debt has a tether to the real economy. 
 Hmmm... Yes, when debt maturing > debt issued it reduces money supply, usually happens during high rates / recessions. But inflation doesn't discourage new debt. And ecb can print money to buy bonds from the market, which isn't new debt.