The Modern Slave- Awhite-collar short story

You work a job and get paid… no, not really. Your employer sends to a bank and you get to see a “balance”. You don’t realize, that you are legally loaning the bank your money and they can keep whatever you give them.

Now your money is losing purchasing power to the tune of 10-40%, and the bank only offers 1-3% interest, if that. So- you move it to another bank where “smart people” give it to other banks and corporations and you hope and pray to beat 10-40% but you only get 8%.

So you buy a house, because you see an easy 3x, but you soon realize your house isn’t worth any more, your money just buys that much less.

What do you own that banks do not possess for you?