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 The issue with fiat money is the money itself is debt.

Debt exists in time.

So yes you’re correct you borrow against time, but the bond yield curve is really a measurement of how much money exists now vs the future.  When the liabilities are now, and the assets are in the future, it’s a bust.

It’s not “impossible to avoid”, the answer is the money supply has to be an asset... and not debt