Im seriously having a brain explosion.

I have heard people say the dollar was a scam for years, and I knew it was true, but i couldnt really see it.

You make a currency "official", wait until it permeates all free markets and the value of all that labor and production is now tied to that currency, and then, you just PRINT. You just print money, siphoning off the value for whatever you want. Sure, youll get inflation so you dont print TOO much. You leave enough value for the markets to keep going to provide future value for you.

Its honestly brilliant. All those people working for you... providing value for your "official" paper. So you can print its value for yourself.