Marcus Tullius Cicero: 'The sinews of war are infinite money.' This was said more than 2000 years ago by maybe the greatest statesman of humanity. Don’t confuse credit out of thin air with hard money. Statism is a cuck disease, and you seem to be spreading it – to my utter surprise.

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> Marcus Tullius Cicero

rome operated on a hard money standard and fought many wars

> Statism is a cuck disease, and you seem to be spreading it – to my utter surprise

nope

Inflation, which was already prevalent in the later stages of republican era when Cicero was around, eventually killed Rome in the next few hundred years. Chipping away coins, minting by mixing with other metals was common when the state needed to raise money without raising taxes on its citizens.

Do you not agree that centrally planned credit expansion facilitates financing for endless wars much more effectively than hard money standard would allow? Let’s not concentrate on outliers that are statistically irrelevant but try to remain objective in the assessment we’re putting forth.

> Do you not agree that centrally planned credit expansion facilitates financing for endless wars much more effectively than hard money standard would allow?

yes but it doesnt end war, just forces efficiency in conducting them

especially if the target is rich in resources and bitcoin

If you ignore scale and your definition of war shrinks to the level of homicide then sure it won't end.

i don’t think i’m the one stretching definitions here

If we're using the traditional meaning of the word, are you suggesting that nation states are capable of conducting efficient warfare?