# Through a continuous process of inflation

By [DemonJoy](https://paragraph.com/@a1a8demon) · 2022-07-09

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Through a continuous process of inflation, the government can secretly and unnoticeably confiscate a portion of the wealth of its citizens. With this method the people can be arbitrarily deprived of their wealth, impoverishing the majority in the process while enriching the minority.

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\-- Keynes

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