How the Fiat Monetary System Corrupts Every Dimension of Our Society

"Flash News": The foundational layer upon which all aspects of our society rest is the fiat monetary system, a Ponzi scheme designed to steal your work/time/energy. The fruits of your labor are encapsulated in a currency created out of nothing, but for which YOU must work.

And all the businesses, institutions, and structures built on this shaky and corrupt foundation thus encourage the participants of the system to perpetuate a "value extraction" in a race that the majority is destined to lose.

The fiat monetary system lies at the heart of the widespread corruption and dysfunction of modern society. Anchored in an inflationary model that endlessly expands the number of units in circulation, fiat currency is literally programmed to depreciate. Like fish accustomed to breathing in dirty water, we don't perceive that this distortion seeps into every aspect of our lives, corrupting the economic, political, social, and environmental dimensions.

Economy

The fiat monetary system creates a debt and inflation feedback loop, further widening the gap between a minority of winners and a majority of losers. The continuous expansion of the money supply devalues the currency, leading to inflation and a loss of purchasing power, disproportionately affecting low-income households, while asset owners benefit from rising prices. In such a precarious environment, speculative investments become necessary to preserve wealth, concentrating power in the hands of the few.

• Manifestation of corruption: Wealthy asset holders benefit from inflation, while the middle and lower classes face stagnant wages and alarming increases in costs, impoverishing populations and perpetuating the casino mentality and speculative investments in hopes of capital gains just to keep their heads above water.

Government and Politics

The fiat monetary system allows governments to print money without public consent and finance deficits ad infinitum, leading to irresponsible spending and corruption. Politicians are incentivized to seek short-term popularity rather than long-term stability, as they rely on central banks to increase the money supply and mask the true costs of their policies. Democracy has become a theater of appearances, where cronyism persists, and the globalist public-private partnership pulls the strings.

• Manifestation of corruption: Politicians promise unsustainable and irrational programs funded by fiat money, leading to abuses of power, reduced accountability, and cronyism.

Financial Markets

Fiat money fuels speculative bubbles in financial markets, leading to excessive risk-taking. Central banks manipulate interest rates, creating artificial conditions that lead to asset bubbles and misallocation of capital. Instead of financing productive enterprises, money flows into speculation and Wall Street, further enriching financial elites.

• Manifestation of corruption: Financial markets become detached from the real economy, with inflated asset values and a focus on short-term speculation at the expense of long-term productivity.

Education

The modern school system has, in many ways, been structured to produce passive and compliant individuals who integrate into existing power structures without exercising critical thinking, making them easier to control. This happens through a combination of rigid curriculums, standardization, and a focus on conformity rather than free thought.

• Manifestation of corruption: The system subtly indoctrinates students to accept certain economic principles, such as the necessity of inflation, without questioning their validity. Education is standardized and commodified, with increasing student debt in some countries and institutions prioritizing profit over real learning outcomes and innovation. Academic standards are collapsing.

Healthcare

The fiat monetary system incentivizes unnecessary procedures and treatments to increase revenue, while essential care becomes unaffordable. This creates an unequal healthcare system that exacerbates social inequality. Healthcare costs rise due to inflation, and the system prioritizes profit over patient care.

• Manifestation of corruption: Healthcare becomes increasingly expensive, focusing on profit-driven treatments rather than affordable preventive care, further widening the access gap.

Social Fabric

The pursuit of infinite growth erodes social cohesion. The increasing inequality between rich and poor, and the pressure to work longer hours to adjust financially to inflation, reduces time spent with family and community, leisure, and innovation, weakening social bonds. People focus more on their individual survival, leaving less room for cooperation and collective well-being.

• Manifestation of corruption: Economic pressures isolate and atomize individuals, weakening community ties and leading to an increase in mental health issues, social unrest, and a decline in civic participation.

Environment

Fiat money encourages the overexploitation of natural resources to maintain economic growth. The inflationary model drives short-term consumption rather than long-term sustainability. Since our money is destined to depreciate over time, we are consciously or unconsciously driven to spend it as quickly as possible on products and services that are cheap to produce but of declining quality.

• Manifestation of corruption: The globalist public-private partnership pushes its carbon neutrality agenda (Agenda 2030) and its transhumanist and eugenicist ideologies while failing to address the root causes of pollution and Sickness on Earth. Industries inevitably prioritize profit over the health of the planet and its inhabitants.

Technology and Innovation

Although technology is fundamentally deflationary, it is co-opted by the fiat system to serve monopolies. Cheap credit allows large companies to consolidate power, stifling competition and true innovation. Instead of solving critical societal problems, technology is used to expand power and fuel consumerism while maintaining the status quo.

• Manifestation of corruption: Large corporations monopolize industries, stifling true innovation while directing technological progress towards consumerism and surveillance, promoting opaque closed-source software filled with backdoors designed to monitor and control the masses.

Agro-Industrial Complex

The agro-industrial sector is heavily influenced by the fiat monetary system, which drives unsustainable agricultural practices and the production of processed foods that destroy overall health. Fiat money allows large agribusinesses to monopolize production, driving small farmers out of the market. These corporations prioritize profit over health and sustainability, promoting processed foods that are cheaper to produce but nutritionally deficient. Inflationary pressures force producers to maximize yields at the expense of the environment, biodiversity, and health.

• Manifestation of corruption: Industrial agriculture depletes the environment and promotes nutritionally deficient foods, contributing to widespread health problems such as obesity, malnutrition, allergies, autoimmune diseases, autism, Alzheimer's, cancers, and more. Industrialization leads to the overuse of chemicals, soil degradation, and the loss of small local farms. This system promotes the mass production of low-quality, highly processed foods, contributing to global health problems.

• In essence, the agro-industrial complex steals, siphons, and extracts your vital energy, reducing your lifespan by exposing you to all sorts of diseases and health problems for which you "pay" to enrich an oligarchy.

Big Pharma and Medicine

The same goes for the pharmaceutical-industrial complex, whose function is to make you a lifetime customer, even at the cost of poisoning you. In the field of medicine and healthcare, fiat money encourages a profit-driven model that prioritizes expensive treatments over prevention. Big Pharma profits from the inflationary system by focusing on chronic treatments and drugs rather than addressing the root causes of diseases. The relationship between government agencies and pharmaceutical companies often leads to regulatory capture, where public health policies are influenced by corporate interests. Big Pharma prioritizes continuous treatments over cures, driving up drug prices and turning healthcare into a profit-driven system that neglects holistic and preventive approaches.

• Manifestation of corruption: The healthcare system is skewed towards costly medical solutions, leaving preventive care and holistic approaches underfunded and underutilized. Pharmaceutical companies are incentivized to develop drugs that generate continuous revenue, focusing on symptom management rather than cures, which ultimately increases healthcare costs.

Mainstream Media

The media depends on advertising revenue, which is influenced by the same corporations benefiting from the fiat system, creating a conflict of interest. As media companies consolidate under large corporate entities, their primary goal shifts from providing impartial information to maximizing profits. This profit-driven model encourages sensationalism, emotional manipulation, and prioritizing entertainment over truth.

• Manifestation of corruption: Traditional media promotes narratives that serve the interests of the globalist public-private partnership, sensationalizing news to generate higher ratings. Real issues are ignored or minimized, while censorship and divisive or emotionally charged content are amplified to capture viewers' attention and condition public opinion.

From Scarcity to Abundance: Breaking Free from the Fiat Mentality

Bitcoin transcends the "fiat" mentality, which is rooted in scarcity, insecurity, and fear. The traditional monetary system, based on fiat currency, creates a collective, subjective sense of lack and urgency, where everyone constantly fights to preserve their wealth in the face of inflation that steadily erodes the value of work and savings. This dynamic breeds greed and fear, as individuals struggle not to be left behind in an endless race. The constant uncertainty about the future fuels a climate of anxiety, mistrust, and immoral choices.

Bitcoin, on the other hand, reverses this logic by activating an abundance mentality. With its limited and decentralized supply, it offers individuals a means to store value in an asset that cannot be manipulated by central powers or corrupted by inflationary policies. During times of crisis, when you see your purchasing power increase, you psychologically escape the vicious cycle of scarcity and enter a dynamic of trust and prosperity. Greed fades when everyone can securely and predictably preserve the value of their labor. Fear also dissipates, as there's no longer a need to constantly rush to protect one’s wealth.

The impact on the mind is profound. Bitcoin allows individuals to regain a form of personal sovereignty, where control over one's money returns to their hands. This not only provides a sense of security but also courage: the individual, freed from the chains of inflationary currency, can now envision the future differently, with optimism and prosperity.

Moreover, Bitcoin gives you back the time that inflation has stolen. When money devalues, people have to work longer and harder just to maintain their standard of living. Time is a precious resource, one that can never be recovered. By preserving value over time, Bitcoin allows individuals to better plan for the future and have more time to focus on activities that enrich their lives, instead of being caught in a constant race to make up for losses caused by inflation. This reclaiming of time paves the way for a clearer vision of a more prosperous and harmonious future, where individuals can aspire to a more balanced and fulfilling life.

Bitcoin is a peaceful revolution. When you self-custody Bitcoin, it’s both a declaration and an apolitical vote: you are withdrawing your capital ("energy=time=money=freedom" stored) from the fiat monetary system, no longer willing to fully participate in it. You take responsibility for your purchasing power, wealth, energy, and time, which you withdraw from a parasitic system to secure your future in a parallel revolutionary system that is rapidly emerging.

Breaking Free from the Fiat Mentality

The fiat monetary system has thoroughly corrupted ethical principles and human values across every dimension of society. From politics to education, from healthcare to the environment, including the agro-food, pharmaceutical, military-industrial complexes, and mainstream media, the fiat mentality prioritizes short-term gains and infinite growth at the expense of long-term stability and productivity. The entire world has been indoctrinated into believing that using a worthless currency, which forces us to become part-time investors just to maintain our purchasing power, is normal.

Firstly, the idea that you must constantly invest and make "profit" just to stay afloat is madness. Secondly, we’ve been conditioned to believe that money must lose value over time for the system to function. This is sheer insanity. Once we grasp the magnitude of this lie, we can begin to envision a future with decentralized systems like Bitcoin and understand how it offers us an alternative that promotes fairness, sustainability, and true prosperity. To break free from this destructive cycle, we must transition to a deflationary system where the value created is preserved, where innovation thrives, and society can focus on meaningful progress instead of endless consumption.

Breaking free from the fiat mentality begins with understanding the mechanisms of the traditional monetary system, based on debt creation and inflation, which creates perpetual economic insecurity. Adopting Bitcoin as an alternative allows us to escape this dynamic of scarcity and fear, by using a decentralized, unstoppable, censorship-resistant currency with a limited supply that preserves value over the long term. This transition requires a shift in perspective about wealth, which no longer rests on material accumulation, but on thoughtful investment, frugality, and careful resource management. By adopting this mindset, individuals regain patience and personal sovereignty, freed from the frantic race to maintain purchasing power in a fraudulent inflationary system.

Bitcoin also allows individuals to reclaim their time, a resource often wasted in the attempt to offset inflationary losses. By providing a stable means to store value, it paves the way for a more judicious and balanced use of time. This liberation comes with belonging to Bitcoin communities that foster a spirit of mutual aid, independence, and resilience in the face of economic instability. Freeing oneself from the fiat mentality also means promoting decentralized and local solutions, making decisions based on trust rather than fear, and placing prosperity and time at the heart of a more balanced and autonomous life.

Bitcoin is not a "get-rich-quick" scheme; it’s a strategy to avoid becoming poorer while preparing for a better future. However, you still need to do the intellectual work to understand this new technology and the world around you, you must have the discipline to save, and you must self-custody those savings to truly own your ₿itcoins (many people make the mistake of buying on exchanges and trusting a middleman again, so they don’t really own their ₿itcoin).

Becoming your own bank requires constant discipline over a long period of time. Forget about trying to time the market— the more you accumulate sats (this is the best strategy: DCA) and hold for at least 4-year cycles, the more you save, the better your life becomes, the more free time you have to pursue what matters to you, and the more everything around you seems not to become more expensive, but more affordable! Don’t take my word for it. Verify!"

Sources & inspirations = Jeff Booth, Simply Bitcoin, Erik Cason