But Bitcoin is the lord and saviour from this, surely. All the smart people who know lots and lots of jargon says so. Funny. Bitcoin has been around how many years now, and the enthusiasts still don't grasp that Bitcoin was and is used as a beta-test version of digital currency under state/corporate control. From a historical perspective, this is the same thing that happened when states who allowed (read: had at some point in time been forced to) private minting of coinage withdrew that privilege, sometimes forcefully. Wonder if they'll nullify accounts and then put the same amount into everyone's to give every US citizen equity and a level starting position? Could easily be combined with a system where you upon becoming a legal adult get access to a sort-of starting fund that's been held for you (i.e. not activated) until then. Obviously with loop-holes for the 1%-ers, such as certain investments, assets et c not counting towards this "citizen's credit system". We had a saying here, back in the day: "You can't vote the bankers out of office". But hey hey, is much different from communism, yes?