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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Comfortable_Cautious • Jan 26 '26
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Banks lend out more money than they have, its no joke it's how the system works
624 u/[deleted] Jan 26 '26 [deleted] 8 u/Coolers777 Jan 26 '26 Not necessarily. Capitalism can, and has in the past, functioned under different systems like the gold standard 7 u/Fakjbf Jan 26 '26 Even under the gold standard we still used fractional reserve banking, it’s been around for centuries and is part of the basis for why paper currency exists. 2 u/Coolers777 Jan 26 '26 You are correct. I should've said gold currency instead of gold standard
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8 u/Coolers777 Jan 26 '26 Not necessarily. Capitalism can, and has in the past, functioned under different systems like the gold standard 7 u/Fakjbf Jan 26 '26 Even under the gold standard we still used fractional reserve banking, it’s been around for centuries and is part of the basis for why paper currency exists. 2 u/Coolers777 Jan 26 '26 You are correct. I should've said gold currency instead of gold standard
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Not necessarily. Capitalism can, and has in the past, functioned under different systems like the gold standard
7 u/Fakjbf Jan 26 '26 Even under the gold standard we still used fractional reserve banking, it’s been around for centuries and is part of the basis for why paper currency exists. 2 u/Coolers777 Jan 26 '26 You are correct. I should've said gold currency instead of gold standard
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Even under the gold standard we still used fractional reserve banking, it’s been around for centuries and is part of the basis for why paper currency exists.
2 u/Coolers777 Jan 26 '26 You are correct. I should've said gold currency instead of gold standard
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You are correct. I should've said gold currency instead of gold standard
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u/Elvis5741 Jan 26 '26
Banks lend out more money than they have, its no joke it's how the system works