Leaving allegory of the cave is an isolating experience
I have spent a lot of time understanding how our financial system, and I have come to the obvious conclusion the whole system was never benefit the population as a whole but to a small minority group.
A lot of it is also an illusion. The fact that the US Fed can just keep printing money and letting money depreciate, causing inflation and devaluing existing bonds because the US is a hegemony. The fact the every time the Fed prints money, most of it goes to assets appreciation and not into the working class is inhumane.
And if you look back through history, the whole financial system originated from a bunch of merchants forming an organization called the Bank of England and profiting from making loans to both the king and general public. And then the king forces the general public to pay taxes for a pointless war to pay back the loan. The Free Market then leads to everyone fighting and stepping on each other to maximize their own profits and also pay taxes.
Ultimately I can’t help but ask why? What’s the point in all these? All of it I.e. money, credit, monetary rules are made up and artificial. Yet everyone came to believe this system is the “reality”
this short clip from the movie margin call has stuck in my head for a while now: https://youtu.be/LtFyP0qy9XU?si=emIU7ZCGxTvY-yDP
Someone told me she really really wants to get promoted in his company and earn more money. I can’t help but feel disgusted by the system because it is still deceiving a lot of people.