Banks are designed to keep you poor

In a world that runs on fiat money, the game isn’t rigged—it’s engineered. From the moment you're born, you're slotted into a system where your time is converted into currency, and that currency is silently siphoned from you through inflation, taxes, and interest. Banks, by design, are not there to help you build wealth—they're there to keep you in debt, dependent, and docile.

Let’s break it down.

Banks profit most when you don’t. Every dollar you borrow, whether for a home, a car, or education, becomes a long-term asset for them and a long-term liability for you. And the kicker? The dollars you repay are worth less due to inflation—yet you’re paying them back with interest that compounds faster than your income ever could.

This isn’t capitalism. This is financial feudalism. As explored in Bitcoin Is Venice, we’re living through a modern reincarnation of medieval systems. The elites own the assets. You rent them. You “own nothing and will be happy,” they say. But that’s not happiness—that’s dependency. That’s serfdom wrapped in sleek UX and payroll direct deposit.

In this system, savings are punished. Every year, the dollars in your bank account lose purchasing power. Meanwhile, banks use your deposits to issue loans at much higher interest rates—creating profits for themselves out of thin air while you shoulder the risk and watch your “safe” money quietly evaporate.

And let’s not forget central banking. Since 1971, when the dollar was decoupled from gold, governments have been able to print money at will. As The Bitcoin Standard points out, this has led to systemic devaluation of fiat currencies, enriching those closest to the money printer (banks and governments) while everyone else falls behind.

So how do you escape this trap?

Bitcoin.

Bitcoin isn’t just money—it’s a protest. It’s a voluntary exit from a debt-based system that survives by keeping you spinning the hamster wheel. With Bitcoin, you become your own bank. You hold your wealth in an asset that cannot be inflated, debased, or seized by policy whims. You save in something that actually preserves your purchasing power over time.

Bitcoin aligns with long-term thinking, capital formation, and sovereignty. It’s not about getting rich quick. It’s about not getting robbed slowly. As Bitcoin Is Venice so elegantly puts it, “Bitcoin is not a sword for Theseus to fight the Minotaur, but a thread to follow to exit the Labyrinth.”

Banks want you to stay poor, dependent, and obedient.

Bitcoin dares you to be sovereign, free, and future-focused.

Choose wisely.

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