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> if I can swap my holdings in them

The reason people are willing to give away their house/car/jet in exchange for crumpled is the existence of the market protected by that "economic, military and even cultural might".

Trust here is not in that the some big guns are protecting your cash, it is rather about you trusting that the next day/month/decade people will want that cash about the same as today.




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