Whenever someone gifts you something, just say "Thank you very much" and accept the gift. Don't do the "are you sure" or "oh no you shouldn't have" dance.
Voters want free stuff now! So if a government doesn't spend more than their income, other politicians that do so will get voted in, and the next government will overspend. Therefore governments tend to be in debt perpetually.
It's easier to print the money to get out of the consequences of that debt, than to govern well, create value and get out of debt that way.
It works up untill people think it won't work. A self-fulfilling proficy. (1)
It was done in an effort to make it easier to keep me ney in circulation and foster economic growth.
There was no large plan or design to it. It was done because it's profitable and there was no rule against it. This was a time before banking and government was so heavily intertwined through regulation.
It's a message board like reddit, with the benefit that it isn't owned by one corporation.
So if a weirdo server owner goes weirdo, the others can just break contact, which has happened before. If one country creates stupid laws, the servers in the country can simply shut down or move.
Communication flows more like a spiderweb instead of a pyramid.
Ugh i remember