More absolute BARS from book Modern Chains. Hands down the best bitcoin / monetary system book out there. The depth is incredible. He gets to the heart of the fact that our fiat system is a literal form of enslavement: "Although, today's outward trappings differ radically from chattel slavery, the same principle endures: same form different matter. What once bound human beings with iron shackles now ensnares them through currencies, contracts and credit systems. You are already ensnared in this system. Our acceptance of this monetary order arises less from any well-grounded argument and more from unreflective habit: a quiet assumption that 'this is how this must be.' In reality, nothing about it is inevitable. Modern financial strain is not a byproduct of fiscal mismanagement or political incompetence, but the consequence of moral deprivation: economic enslavement" (13)
