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 What do you mean? The system of the fractional reserve banking, and currencies created out of thin air backed by dollars created out of thin air. 

The system where a government can issue bonds, that are bought with the money they print, that is backed by the bonds they issued. 

This system is going on in 180 countries, that's basically all of the world, because the rest are dollarize. All actions of governments, are set to preserve this system because the only thing they can think is in their next election. 

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