@Math_files If zero = nothing and nothing does not occur at any finite point in space because any finite region still has some energy density present, then nothing is only approached in the limit toward infinity. Therefore, zero and infinity are boundary singularities that meet in the limit.
@OrevaZSN Although it's considered "their" wealth, a billionaire's wealth is more akin to a form institutional wealth management rather than personal, although an adequate amount is skimmed off as a form of payment of services rendered to society, main one being job creators/maintainers.
@DavidMcNab17 I guess Congress is also "Mad Men" (not the Madison Ave. kind) because they originally voted not to invoke the war powers resolution and allow the "madman" to operate.
@AlternatNews Win or lose depends on the objectives and perspective. For example, did the US lose the Vietnam war? Look at Vietnam today. They call themselves communist, but they're a factory for the US, and prop up US capital profits, by letting their labor force get exploited.
@otokyo How would you describe the 4-dimensional space (time not being a dimension) which you exist in, to us mostly 3-D beings? This is assuming that pure inertia, or what QFT calls vacuum energy density, can answer back via our consciousness.
@TonyWard867811 You missed the broader use of loans. It's to create money, used in an economy, tied to work. Repayment of the loan destroys the money the loan created. So, in order to maintain an adequate stock of money, gov't runs deficits to store money in bonds (two-thirds of existing money).
@widespreadhaze One problem with MMT is that it misidentifies the origin of money. The money used throughout the economy exists as bank deposits created by bank lending BEFORE any government spending, taxation, or bond issuance can occur.