It's shocking how engraved it seems to be in many peoples DNA, that they believe it's best for society to have weaponized money.

At least for some of them it must have something to do with believing that whatever we lose, the state or "society" will give back to us in another form. If they knew that the most wealthy people became richer and the poorest became poorer, they might have thought otherwise.

I also suspect that it's possible to make more of them understand that 2 (% inflation, the Fed's mandate) is in fact 7 (% inflation), because 2 represents only consumer goods and services, while 7 (the average rate og annual expansion of the money supply) represents the loss of value in relation to everything that money can buy.

So my mantra is: "You got it wrong, 2 is in fact 7." Otherwise it doesn't make sense to talk about money as a "universal medium of exchange".

Saying that 2 is the right answer, is like saying "2 is the relevant number for you, because you are and must forever be a consumer. 7 is therefore irrelevant for you. Your are one of those 2-people. You aren't one of us."

I think it's possible to work out something along these lines. To penetrate that mental block that most people have.