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>Wasn’t that whole point of these coins to begin with?

The whole point was to have an open system where you dont place trust in or ask permission of someone to use. That still holds up in this scenario.

And governments can’t just print more of it at their whim.

Government printing money is not a bad thing.

Printing money can be a bad thing if used improperly.

But generally having the government be able to print money in an emergency has many benefits.

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