Most of your money exists not as something folded in your wallet, but as an entry in a bank’s database, faithfully requested and rendered beneath the glass of your phone. If someone else gets to decide 'if' and 'how' you can spend it, is it really yours?

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Most of your money exists not as something folded in your wallet, but as an entry in a bank’s database, faithfully requested and rendered beneath the glass of your phone. If someone else gets to decide 'if' and 'how' you can spend it, is it really yours? (edwardsnowden.substack.com)

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For anyone who doesn't know, look up or show someone Fractional Reserve Lending. How can I not declare myself a trillion dollar account? My bank does it every day.

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