The Day the System Stopped Telling the Truth In a functioning market, interest rates aren’t just numbers—they’re signals. They tell the truth about time, risk, and real resources. When people save more, rates fall naturally. That drop signals to businesses: you can invest for the long term—real resources are available. Simple. Honest. Decentralized. Then 1971 happened. When the last tether between the dollar and gold was cut, that signal got hijacked. What used to emerge organically from millions of individual decisions was handed over to a centralized authority with the power to fabricate money at will. The system didn’t just bend—it fundamentally changed. What replaced it wasn’t a free market signal. It was a managed illusion. Fake Money, Real Consequences…
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