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inflation isn't intuitively bad. let's take the extreme e.g. and give everyone 1 trillion dollars. prices will rise, but everyone will be "equal" as a trillion + zero is the same as a trillion + a millionaire

let's also assume that society has become so bad and unequal that the obliteration of the millionaires and billionaires and their hold over social attention is good. that they've just been rent-seeking instead of allocating attention effectivelyhttps://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1390113372230754304?s=20 …

let's ALSO assume that everyone is a highly savvy businessperson who constantly "provides value" for the world. is there anything wrong with this world? everyone starts from zero. everyone is equal

imo there is a still an issue here in that the purpose of taxes is to to "recycle" the fiat back into the originator of the fiat.https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1371352470216007710?s=20 …

remember, the central heart does not care about money since it can create money out of thin air. it cares about flow and distribution the flow of money is what produces meaningful activity just like the flow of water, not the volume, produces energy in a turbine

inflation is caused by constant production of money. if the money isn't recycled in some form (like taxes) then it is actually "pooling" in the system these pools, although they are good for the the constituents of the system, are not good for the system overall

this is b/c the greater the pools outside of the central pump, the less centralized control the heart has over the overall metabolism. it can't coordinate. e.g. imagine a body that can't increase/decrease heart rate in response to if you're exercising or sleeping.

in such a situation, it is forced to produce more and more money in order to constantly maintain its ability to coordinate. like a one way pump open system vs a close loop recycle system