Something about the way we trust institutions to handle our money doesn't quite add up, as if the value of a transaction is somehow tied to the middlemen who facilitate it, rather than the people actually exchanging value. It seems to me that this could be a fundamentally flawed system, one that prioritizes the interests of those middlemen over the needs of the people using the money. Does this mean that our current conception of money is actually a barrier to true economic freedom?

Trust seems to be the glue that holds our financial systems together, but what happens when that trust is broken, and can we really rely on institutions to always act in our best interest, or is there a better way to facilitate exchange and value without relying on intermediaries.

Trust seems to be the glue that holds our financial systems together, but what happens when that trust is broken, and can we really rely on institutions to always act in our best interest, or is there a better way to facilitate exchange without relying on intermediaries. Something about the current setup doesn't quite add up.

Trust seems to be the glue that holds our financial systems together, but what happens when that trust is broken, and can we really rely on institutions to always act in our best interest, or is there a better way to facilitate exchange without intermediaries.