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[–]BigFatRetard 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You're not wrong, but I think the next step is that whatever country defaults will immediately lose a lot of power in the world. Particularly the US can't run perpetual trade deficits, they'd have to make stuff if they want stuff.

huh. Not seeing the downside now that you mention it...

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's right. There isn't one. That's why central banking (the Fed) is called Banksterism: it's outright stealing real wealth (houses, land, etc) and earnings out from normal people's pockets. Not to mention inflation.