In David Graeber's book on money, one detail that I always remember when I read a comment like this is how coinage was created so many times throughout history

In David Graeber's book on money, one detail that I always remember when I read a comment like this is how coinage was created so many times throughout history as a way to support an Army. King makes money -> gives it to the army -> collects money as a tax from all citizens. It creates a system where all the people in the kingdom have to contribute to the army in some way. Now The Fed creates money -> gives it to bankers -> gov't collects taxes in that coin. So we've created a system where your ability to buy things is a derivative of how much you support banking. It's no wonder why everyone is overleveraged and fragile and needs bailouts all the time.