>>20352670I just think that this "FIRE" economy based on finance games can't go on forever. We have to return to a "real" economy of goods: resources, manufacturing, handy skills. That will entail a return to mining and even bolster the position of precious metals as currency in people's minds.
We've had four or five decades now of financialization. Breaking the habits of thought around it won't be easy or quick, but it'll definitely happen.
