HN is such a rare place on the internet. I am writing in good faith - let’s not fall so low as to speak like this.

The power over currency and the power over arms go hand in hand.

The “officially sanctioned” exploitation you speak of - who is the “official” in question? The sins you and I refer to stem from the monopolistic use of violent force by the state. “Wall steeet” is far from a free market, and so if the dollar, euro, pound, and other state currency markets